Intel Core i3-3217U vs AMD Athlon II X2 220

Core i3-3217U vs Athlon II X2 220 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon II X2 220 performs better than the Core i3-3217U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3217U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-3217U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X2 220 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3217U.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-3217U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.