Intel Core i3-3220 vs AMD Phenom II X6 1055T

Core i3-3220 vs Phenom II X6 1055T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X6 1055T performs better than the Core i3-3220. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3220 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1055T has significantly more cores than the Core i3-3220. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1055T has 6 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-3220. It also has more threads than the Core i3-3220. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-3220 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X6 1055T.

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.