Intel Core i3 3220 vs AMD Phenom II X4 965

older Released September, 2012

Reasons to buy the Intel Core i3 3220

	Has a built-in GPU Yes		Much newer manufacturing process 22 nm
	Much lower typical power consumption 44.69W		Much better performance per watt 2.69 pt/W

older Released November, 2009

Reasons to buy the AMD Phenom II X4 965

	Much more l2 cache 2 MB		Is unlocked Yes
	More cores 4		Much more l2 cache per core 0.5 MB/core

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i3 3220 5.5 Phenom II X4 965 7.4 Core2 Quad Q6600 5.8
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i3 3220 6.9 Phenom II X4 965 5.0 Core2 Quad Q6600 3.5
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i3 3220 0.5 Phenom II X4 965 0.0 Core2 Quad Q6600 0.0
Fire Strike

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i3 3220 4.9 Phenom II X4 965 0.0 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 6.6 Phenom II X4 965 4.7 Core2 Quad Q6600 4.7
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i3 3220 6.0 Phenom II X4 965 n.d. Core2 Quad Q6600 n.d.
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

6.1	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Core i3 3220 6.1 Phenom II X4 965 4.2 Core2 Quad Q6600 3.5

Winner
AMD Phenom II X4 965

CPUBoss recommends the AMD Phenom II X4 965 based on its overclocking.

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i3 3220

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Has a built-in GPU

Yes

Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required

Much newer manufacturing process

22 nm

45 nm

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

Much lower typical power consumption

44.69W

152.93W

3.4x lower typical power consumption

Much better performance per watt

2.69 pt/W

1.08 pt/W

Around 2.5x better performance per watt

Much lower annual home energy cost

13.25 $/year

54.06 $/year

4.1x lower annual home energy cost

Much lower annual commercial energy cost

48.18 $/year

152.42 $/year

3.2x lower annual commercial energy cost

Significantly higher Maximum operating temperature

65.3 °C

62 °C

More than 5% higher Maximum operating temperature

Newer

Sep, 2012

Nov, 2009

Release date over 2 years later

Reasons to consider the
AMD Phenom II X4 965

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Much more l2 cache

2 MB

0.5 MB

4x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later

Is unlocked

Yes

Somewhat common; An unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking

More cores

Twice as many cores; run more applications at once

Much more l2 cache per core

0.5 MB/core

0.25 MB/core

2x more l2 cache per core

Much better overclocked clock speed (Air)

4.05 GHz

3.43 GHz

Around 20% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Higher clock speed

3.4 GHz

3.3 GHz

Around 5% higher clock speed

Much better overclocked clock speed (Water)

4.22 GHz

3.46 GHz

More than 20% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 3220

5,399

Phenom II X4 965

6,266

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 3220

2,501

Phenom II X4 965

1,774

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 3220

173,000 MB/s

Phenom II X4 965

137,800 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 3220

5,351

Phenom II X4 965

5,974

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 3220

5,707

Phenom II X4 965

6,445

GeekBench

Core i3 3220

8,919

Phenom II X4 965

7,939

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i3 3220

4,229

Phenom II X4 965

5,916

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i3 3220

1,764

Phenom II X4 965

1,361

summary	Core i3 3220	Phenom II X4 965
Clock speed	3.3 GHz	3.4 GHz
Cores	Dual core	Quad core
Socket type
LGA 1155
AM3
Is unlocked	No	Yes
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE4a
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
3DNow!
Supplemental SSE3
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	None
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 2500	N/A
Number of displays supported	3	N/A
GPU clock speed	650 MHz	N/A
Turbo clock speed	1,050 MHz	N/A

details	Core i3 3220	Phenom II X4 965
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	4	4
L2 cache	0.5 MB	2 MB
L2 cache per core	0.25 MB/core	0.5 MB/core
L3 cache	3 MB	6 MB
L3 cache per core	1.5 MB/core	1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	22 nm	45 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
Clock multiplier	33	17
Operating temperature	Unknown - 65.3°C	Unknown - 62°C
overclocking
Overclock popularity	50	22
Overclocked clock speed	3.43 GHz	4.05 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	3.46 GHz	4.22 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	3,775.1	3,136.7
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.43 GHz	4.05 GHz
power consumption
TDP	55W	140W
Annual home energy cost	13.25 $/year	54.06 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	48.18 $/year	152.42 $/year
Performance per watt	2.69 pt/W	1.08 pt/W
Typical power consumption	44.69W	152.93W

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Ricky Effe (10:36 PM, June 5, 2014)

En esta pagina hay mucho favoritismo por los Intel. El Phenom lo supera por mucho y dan por ganador al Core i3????. Siempre que comparo algún Amd contra un Intel siempre dan por ganador el Intel y varias veces sin argumentos porque el AMD lo supera por bastante.

javi (11:42 AM, September 9, 2013)

phenom II x4 965, es comparable con los i5 de cuarta generacion e incluso con algun i7, nunca con un i3 que ademas solo tiene 2 nucleos, menos cache, frecuencia, etc. A parte de que con el AMD tienes chip sobradisimo para cualquier aplicacion o juego y apenas notaras la diferencia grafica con juegos, eso depende de la tarjeta gráfica que le metas. A parte las APUs de AMD llevan mejores graficas que los i3, pero bueno el que quiera pagar mas por menos o pequeñas diferencias que no vas a usar haya cada uno.

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