AMD A8-6600K vs Intel Core i3-3220

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i3-3220

Price

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$ 118.02

$ 91.98

$ 26.04 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1366 points

6% slightly better overall score

1279 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2599 points

7% slightly better gaming score

2425 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1031 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

968 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

989 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

929 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.74 points

4% slightly higher Blender score

17.91 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1128 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1097 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

468 points

526 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1081 points

1092 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

453 points

531 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

18% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

55 W

18% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

870th of 1,118

899th of 1,118

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A8-6600K vs Core i3-3220 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A8-6600K performs better than the Core i3-3220. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3220 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the A8-6600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-3220. The Core i3-3220 outputs less heat than A8-6600K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the A8-6600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.