Intel Core i3-2120 vs Intel Core i3-3220

Core i3-2120 vs Core i3-3220 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-3220 performs better than the Core i3-2120. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-2120 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i3-2120 and Core i3-3220 have the same clock speed. The Core i3-3220 outputs less heat than Core i3-2120 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-2120 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.