FX-8320 vs Core i3-1220P specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Core i3-1220P beats the FX-8320 in overall performance. Despite this, the FX-8320 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i3-1220P has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the FX-8320 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-8320. Our comparison shows that the FX-8320 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1220P. Despite this, the Core i3-1220P has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1220P outputs less heat than FX-8320 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the FX-8320 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-1220P. Despite this, the Core i3-1220P has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-8320.
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the FX-8320 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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