Intel Core i3-9300 vs Intel Core i3-3220

Core i3-9300 vs Core i3-3220 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-9300 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 Core i3-9300 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-3220. Indeed, the Core i3-9300 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-3220. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-9300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3220. The Core i3-3220 outputs less heat than Core i3-9300 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i3-9300 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.