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. The Core i3-3220 outputs less heat than FX-8350 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.