AMD A8-3850 vs Intel Pentium G3220T

AMD A8-3850
AMD Socket FM1DESKTOP
2900 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2011
AMD A8-3850
Intel Pentium G3220T
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
2600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2013
Intel Pentium G3220T

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A8-3850
    110%
  • Intel Pentium G3220T
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A8-3850
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G3220T
    135%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A8-3850
    146%
  • Intel Pentium G3220T
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A8-3850

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 46% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G3220T

Much higher single threaded performance (around 35% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
65 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD A8-3850

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD A8-3850

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD A8-3850Intel Pentium G3220T
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

AMD A8-3850Intel Pentium G3220T
ArchitectureAMD LLanovsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameLlanovsHaswell
Release DateJun 2011vsSep 2013

Cores

AMD A8-3850Intel Pentium G3220T
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 6550DvsIntel HD (Haswell)

Cache

AMD A8-3850Intel Pentium G3220T
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A8-3850Intel Pentium G3220T
SocketAMD Socket FM1vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size228mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD A8-3850Intel Pentium G3220T
Cpu Frequency2900 MHzvs2600 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.4125 Vvsunknown
TDP100 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-3850
    2900 points
  • Intel Pentium G3220T
    2912 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-3850
    11600 points
  • Intel Pentium G3220T
    5824 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A8-3850
    5242
  • Intel Pentium G3220T
    3587

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A8-3850
    1513
  • Intel Pentium G3220T
    2043

points - higher is better