Intel Core i3-3220 vs AMD Athlon II X4 635

Core i3-3220 vs Athlon II X4 635 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon II X4 635 performs better than the Core i3-3220. Despite this, the Core i3-3220 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Athlon II X4 635 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-3220. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 635 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-3220. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-3220 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Athlon II X4 635.

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.