Intel Core i3-3220 vs Intel Pentium G3220

Core i3-3220 vs Pentium G3220 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-3220 beats the Pentium G3220 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium G3220 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i3-3220 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-3220 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium G3220. The Pentium G3220 outputs less heat than Core i3-3220 thanks to a slightly 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.