Intel Core i3 3220 vs AMD A6 6400K

older Released September, 2012

Intel Core i3 3220

3.3 GHz
Dual core

Front view of Intel Core i3 3220

7.3 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the Intel Core i3 3220

Much newer manufacturing process

22 nm

More threads

4

The Core i3-3220 doesn't benefit from Intel's Turbo Boost technology at all, but instead relies on an architecture able to execute more instructions per cycle than AMD.

by Don-Woligroski (Oct, 2012)

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older Released June, 2013

AMD A6 6400K

3.9 GHz
Dual core
Unlocked

Front view of AMD A6 6400K

7.8 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the AMD A6 6400K

Is unlocked

Yes

Much higher Maximum operating temperature

70 °C

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i3 3220 6.5 A6 6400K 5.9 Core2 Duo E8400 5.2
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i3 3220 6.7 A6 6400K 6.5 Core2 Duo E8400 5.0
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i3 3220 5.1 A6 6400K 6.2 Core2 Duo E8400 0.0
Fire Strike

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i3 3220 n.d. A6 6400K 7.0 Core2 Duo E8400 0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i3 3220 8.0 A6 6400K 7.5 Core2 Duo E8400 4.9
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i3 3220 6.2 A6 6400K 8.0 Core2 Duo E8400 9.0
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

7.8	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Core i3 3220 7.3 A6 6400K 7.8 Core2 Duo E8400 5.9

Winner
AMD A6 6400K

CPUBoss recommends the AMD A6 6400K based on its overclocking.

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Front view of Intel Core i3 3220

Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i3 3220

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Much newer manufacturing process

22 nm

vs

32 nm

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor

More threads

4

vs

2

Twice as many threads

Front view of AMD A6 6400K

Reasons to consider the
AMD A6 6400K

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Is unlocked

Yes

vs

No

Somewhat common; An unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking

Much higher Maximum operating temperature

70 °C

vs

65.3 °C

More than 5% higher Maximum operating temperature

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

2,251

2,364

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

932

2,157

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

2,654

3,375

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

5,399

3,328

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

2,501

2,108

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

173,000 MB/s

2,380,000 MB/s

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

4,229

2,291

PassMark (Single Core)

1,764

1,405

summary	Core i3 3220	vs	A6 6400K
Clock speed	3.3 GHz		3.9 GHz
Cores	Dual core		Dual core
Is unlocked	No		Yes
features
Has a NX bit	Yes		Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes		Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE4a
AVX 1.1
SSE2
F16C
MMX
SSE4
XOP
AVX
SSE3
SSE
BMI1
AMD64
SSE4.1
FMA4
FMA3
SSE4.2
ABM
CVT16
AMD-V
Supplemental SSE3
AES
TBM
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes		Yes
power consumption
TDP	55W		65W
Annual home energy cost	13.25 $/year		15.66 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	48.18 $/year		56.94 $/year
Performance per watt	2.81 pt/W		7.25 pt/W
Typical power consumption	44.69W		52.81W

details	Core i3 3220	vs	A6 6400K
Architecture	x86-64		x86-64
Threads	4		2
L2 cache	0.5 MB		1 MB
L2 cache per core	0.25 MB/core		0.5 MB/core
L3 cache	3 MB		None
Manufacture process	22 nm		32 nm
Max CPUs	1		1
Operating temperature	Unknown - 65.3°C		Unknown - 70°C
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	3.44 GHz		4.8 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	3.48 GHz		5.14 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.44 GHz		4.8 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU		GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 2500		Radeon™ HD 8470D
GPU clock speed	650 MHz		800 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in		Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1866
DDR3-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3

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subhashis das (05:20 AM, April 2, 2017)

Intel core i3 3220 and amd a6 6400k which one is best for virtualization?

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