Intel Core i3-3220 vs Intel Core i7-3520M

Core i3-3220 vs Core i7-3520M specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-3220 performs better than the Core i7-3520M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3520M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-3220 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3520M. The Core i7-3520M 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.

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.