Intel Core i3-3220 vs AMD Athlon II X3 450

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs AMD 3 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1279 points
4% slightly better overall score
1219 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2425 points
1% slightly better gaming score
2398 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

968 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
908 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

929 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
872 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1092 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
753 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

531 points
71% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
309 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
3
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
33% slightly more threads
3

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed
3.2 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

889th of 1,107
910th of 1,107

Family

The product line

Core
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i3-3220 vs Athlon II X3 450 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-3220 beats the Athlon II X3 450 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon II X3 450 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Athlon II X3 450 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-3220. Indeed, the Athlon II X3 450 has 3 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-3220. Despite this, the Core i3-3220 has more threads than the Athlon II X3 450. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-3220 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Athlon II X3 450.

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 i3-3220 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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