Intel Core i3-3220 vs Intel Core i5-3230M

Core i3-3220 vs Core i5-3230M comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-3220 beats the Core i5-3230M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3230M in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-3220 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3230M. The Core i5-3230M outputs less heat than Core i3-3220 thanks to a significantly 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 i3-3220 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.