Intel Core i3 3220 vs AMD E1 2500

older Released September, 2012

Reasons to buy the Intel Core i3 3220

	Much higher clock speed 3.3 GHz		Significantly newer manufacturing process 22 nm
	Much better 3DMark06 CPU score 47.7		Much better PassMark (Single core) score 1,764

older Released April, 2013

Reasons to buy the AMD E1 2500

	Much better CompuBench 1.5 bitcoin mining score 13.15 mHash/s		More l2 cache 1 MB
	Much lower typical power consumption 12.19W		Much better performance per watt 12.98 pt/W

I am not even sure why I was asked to compare the Intel Core i3 3220 and the AMD E1 2500. At first glance I knew which processor I would like more, and the tests only confirmed that.

While the AMD processor operates with much less power than the Intel one- which brings its annual energy cost down significantly- and has a higher threshold on its operating temperature, the i3 just blows the E1 out of the water in every other aspect. It not only more than twice the clock speed of the E1, but it is also hyperthreaded, comes with more features and also boasts a newer manufacturing process.

The sheet below support my verdict rather firmly, making the Intel Core i3 3220 the much better processor choice than the AMD E1 2500.

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i3 3220 5.9 E1 2500 5.1 Core2 Quad Q6600 5.4
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i3 3220 6.9 E1 2500 5.5 Core2 Quad Q6600 5.8
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i3 3220 5.3 E1 2500 n.d. Core2 Quad Q6600 0.0
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i3 3220 5.2 E1 2500 6.0 Core2 Quad Q6600 0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i3 3220 5.2 E1 2500 5.7 Core2 Quad Q6600 5.0
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i3 3220 6.4 E1 2500 n.d. Core2 Quad Q6600 n.d.
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

7.6	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Core i3 3220 7.3 E1 2500 7.6 Core2 Quad Q6600 5.1

Winner
Intel Core i3 3220

CPUBoss recommends the Intel Core i3 3220 based on its performance and single-core performance.

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i3 3220

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Much higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

1.4 GHz

More than 2.2x higher clock speed

Significantly newer manufacturing process

22 nm

28 nm

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

Much better 3DMark06 CPU score

47.7

16.5

Around 3x better 3DMark06 CPU score

Much better PassMark (Single core) score

1,764

516

Around 3.5x better PassMark (Single core) score

Significantly higher GPU clock speed

650 MHz

400 MHz

Around 65% higher GPU clock speed

Much better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score

5,399

1,221

Around 4.5x better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score

Much better overclocked clock speed (Air)

3.43 GHz

1.4 GHz

Around 2.5x better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Much better overclocked clock speed (Water)

3.48 GHz

1.4 GHz

Around 2.5x better overclocked clock speed (Water)

More threads

Twice as many threads

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AMD E1 2500

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Much better CompuBench 1.5 bitcoin mining score

13.15 mHash/s

4.07 mHash/s

Around 3.2x better CompuBench 1.5 bitcoin mining score

More l2 cache

1 MB

0.5 MB

2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later

Much lower typical power consumption

12.19W

44.69W

3.7x lower typical power consumption

Much better performance per watt

12.98 pt/W

2.69 pt/W

More than 4.8x better performance per watt

Significantly higher Maximum operating temperature

90 °C

65.3 °C

Around 40% higher Maximum operating temperature

More l2 cache per core

0.5 MB/core

0.25 MB/core

2x more l2 cache per core

Much lower annual commercial energy cost

13.14 $/year

48.18 $/year

3.7x lower annual commercial energy cost

Much lower annual home energy cost

3.61 $/year

13.25 $/year

3.7x lower annual home energy cost

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CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i3 3220

4.07 mHash/s

E1 2500

13.15 mHash/s

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 3220

5,399

E1 2500

1,221

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 3220

2,501

E1 2500

730

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 3220

173,000 MB/s

E1 2500

677,550 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 3220

5,351

E1 2500

1,162

GeekBench

Core i3 3220

8,919

E1 2500

1,162

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i3 3220

4,229

E1 2500

886

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i3 3220

1,764

E1 2500

516

summary	Core i3 3220	E1 2500
Clock speed	3.3 GHz	1.4 GHz
Cores	Dual core	Dual core
Is unlocked	No	No
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE4a
SSE2
F16C
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
BMI1
AMD64
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AMD-V
Supplemental SSE3
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
power consumption
TDP	55W	15W
Annual home energy cost	13.25 $/year	3.61 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	48.18 $/year	13.14 $/year
Performance per watt	2.69 pt/W	12.98 pt/W
Typical power consumption	44.69W	12.19W

details	Core i3 3220	E1 2500
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
Manufacture process	22 nm	28 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
Operating temperature	Unknown - 65.3°C	Unknown - 90°C
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	3.43 GHz	1.4 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	3.48 GHz	1.4 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	3,775.1	717.1
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.43 GHz	1.4 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 2500	Radeon™ HD 8240
GPU clock speed	650 MHz	400 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3
DDR3L-1333

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notfookingtaken (02:21 PM, June 13, 2014)

you would have to be nuts to buy the AMD it is patheticly low powered benchmarks (passmark) is about 1/4 of the i3. You can get a lower powered i3-3320T which uses 35W not 55W, it's about 10% less powerful though. OK it still uses twice as much power, but it is 4 times as fast. I think the i3-3320T is great chip It does a hell of a lot on relatively low power indeed I am powered by an i3-3220T right now! I

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