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		Is hyperthreaded Yes
	Much better PassMark (Single core) score 1,764		Significantly better 3DMark06 CPU score 4,019

older Released April, 2013

Reasons to buy the AMD E1 2500

	Significantly higher Maximum Operating Temperature 90 °C		Lower typical power consumption 12.19W
	More l2 cache per core 0.5 MB/core		Newer Apr, 2013

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 6.5 E1 2500 5.3
3DMark06 (CPU), Passmark and GeekBench

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i3 3220 8.5 E1 2500 6.0
Passmark (Single Core)

	Power Consumption
	How much power does the processor require?
Core i3 3220 5.2 E1 2500 5.6
TDP

	Value

Core i3 3220 N/A E1 2500 N/A
Performance Per Dollar

	CPUBoss Score
	Performance, Single-core Performance, Power Consumption and Value
Core i3 3220 6.9 E1 2500 5.6

Winner
Intel Core i3 3220

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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

Is hyperthreaded

Yes

Somewhat common; Maximizes usage of each CPU core

Much better PassMark (Single core) score

1,764

523

More than 3.2x better PassMark (Single core) score

Significantly better 3DMark06 CPU score

4,019

1,021

Around 4x better 3DMark06 CPU score

Newer manufacturing process

22 nm

28 nm

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

Much better overclocked clock speed (Air)

3.44 GHz

1.4 GHz

Around 2.5x better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Better PassMark score

4,229

899

Around 4.8x better PassMark score

Better geekbench (32-bit) score

5,350

1,154

Around 4.8x better geekbench (32-bit) score

Significantly better PassMark (Overclocked) score

3,775.1

717.1

More than 5.2x better PassMark (Overclocked) score

Much better overclocked clock speed (Water)

3.3 GHz

1.4 GHz

More than 2.2x better overclocked clock speed (Water)

Reasons to consider the
AMD E1 2500

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Significantly higher Maximum Operating Temperature

90 °C

65.3 °C

Around 40% higher Maximum Operating Temperature

Lower typical power consumption

12.19W

44.69W

3.7x lower typical power consumption

More l2 cache per core

0.5 MB/core

0.25 MB/core

2x more l2 cache per core

Newer

Apr, 2013

Sep, 2012

Release date 8 months later

Lower annual commercial energy cost

13.14 $/year

48.18 $/year

3.7x lower annual commercial energy cost

Lower annual home energy cost

3.61 $/year

13.25 $/year

3.7x lower annual home energy cost

GeekBench (32-bit)

Core i3 3220

5,350

E1 2500

1,154

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GeekBench

Core i3 3220

8,919

E1 2500

1,154

3D Mark 06 (CPU)

Core i3 3220

4,019

E1 2500

1,021

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Passmark

Core i3 3220

4,229

E1 2500

899

Core i3 3220 E1 2500 @ cpubenchmark.net

Passmark (Single Core)

Core i3 3220

1,764

E1 2500

523

cpubenchmark.net

summary	Core i3 3220	E1 2500
Clock speed	3.3 GHz	1.4 GHz
Cores	Dual core	Dual core
Is unlocked	No	No
Is hyperthreaded	Yes	No
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
MMX
SSE
SSE4.2
AMD64
AVX
SSE3
SSE2
F16C
Supplemental SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4
SSE4a
AES
AMD-V
BMI1
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	10 pt/W	9.37 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	3.44 GHz	1.4 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	3.3 GHz	1.4 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	3,775.1	717.1
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.44 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
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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