Intel Core i3-N305 vs Intel Core i3-1220P

Compare Intel Core i3 N-series 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i3 10 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

2781 points
3216 points
15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4373 points
0.60% slightly better gaming score
4347 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2279 points
2881 points
26% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2166 points
2795 points
29% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

43.57 points
84.65 points
94% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.8 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
1.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4.4 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
86% significantly lower TDP
28 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

9
20
122% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

1
2
100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB
64 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
6.5 MiB
62% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
12 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

573rd of 1,089
509th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i3 N-series
12th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i3-N305 vs Core i3-1220P specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-N305 beats the Core i3-1220P in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1220P in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i3-1220P has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i3-N305 has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-N305. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-N305 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1220P. Despite this, the Core i3-1220P has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-N305 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-1220P CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i3-1220P has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-N305. The Core i3-1220P also has significantly more L3 cache.

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-N305 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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