Intel Core i3-3227U vs AMD Athlon II X2 220

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs AMD 2 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

741 points

2% slightly better overall score

721 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1471 points

1593 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

550 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

510 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

527 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

489 points

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

778 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

611 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

335 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

329 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

643 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

500 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

301 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

285 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.9 GHz

2.81 GHz

47% significantly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,020th of 1,089

1,025th of 1,089

Family

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-3227U vs Athlon II X2 220 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-3227U performs better than the Athlon II X2 220. Despite this, the Athlon II X2 220 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-3227U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Athlon II X2 220 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-3227U.

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 i3-3227U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.