Core i3-3220 vs Phenom II X4 955 specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Phenom II X4 955 beats the Core i3-3220 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3220 in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X4 955 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-3220 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 955 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3220.
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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