Intel Core i3-3220 vs AMD FX-9830P

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs AMD 4 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
1362 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2425 points
2574 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

968 points
1031 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

929 points
990 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1097 points
1621 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

526 points
636 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1092 points
1465 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

531 points
613 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

875th of 1,089
849th 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 FX-9830P benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the FX-9830P beats the Core i3-3220 in overall performance. 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 FX-9830P has significantly more cores than the Core i3-3220. Indeed, the FX-9830P has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-3220. But they both have 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 FX-9830P.

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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