Intel Core i3-3220 vs AMD Athlon X4 750K

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs AMD 2 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
1297 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2425 points
2477 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

968 points
978 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

929 points
940 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

17.91 points
19.51 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1097 points
1364 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

526 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
498 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1092 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1029 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

531 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
443 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3.4 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

875th of 1,089
871st of 1,089

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 X4 750K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-3220 beats the Athlon X4 750K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon X4 750K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon X4 750K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3220.

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

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