AMD FX-8350 vs Intel Core i3-3220

FX-8350 vs Core i3-3220 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-8350 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 FX-8350 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-3220. Indeed, the FX-8350 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-3220. It also has more threads than the Core i3-3220. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-8350 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-3220.

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-8350 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.