Intel Core i3-3220 vs Intel Core i7-8500Y

Core i3-3220 vs Core i7-8500Y benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8500Y performs better than the Core i3-3220. Despite this, the Core i3-3220 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-3220 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8500Y. The Core i7-8500Y 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.