AMD FX-8370 vs Intel Core i3-1220P

FX-8370 vs Core i3-1220P benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-1220P is faster than the FX-8370. Despite this, the FX-8370 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-1220P has significantly more cores than the FX-8370. Indeed, the Core i3-1220P has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the FX-8370. It also has more threads than the FX-8370. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8370 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1220P. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the FX-8370 has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i3-1220P. Despite this, the Core i3-1220P has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-8370.

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-8370 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.