Intel Core i5-3320M vs AMD Athlon II X3 450

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs AMD 3 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

1205 points
1219 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2406 points
0.33% slightly better gaming score
2398 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

892 points
908 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

856 points
872 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1046 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
753 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

514 points
66% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
309 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
3
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
33% slightly more threads
3

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.60 GHz
3.2 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.25 MiB
1.5 MiB
499% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

915th of 1,107
910th of 1,107

Family

The product line

Core
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-3320M vs Athlon II X3 450 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Athlon II X3 450 is faster than the Core i5-3320M. Despite this, the Core i5-3320M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Athlon II X3 450 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-3320M. Indeed, the Athlon II X3 450 has 3 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-3320M. Despite this, the Core i5-3320M has more threads than the Athlon II X3 450. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X3 450 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3320M. The info from our database shows that the Athlon II X3 450 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-3320M

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 i5-3320M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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