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    AMD A8-9600 vs Intel Core i3-3220

    AMD A8-9600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
    AMD A8-9600
    Intel Core i3-3220
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    3300 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
    Intel Core i3-3220

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD A8-9600
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      142%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD A8-9600
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      163%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD A8-9600
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      120%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD A8-9600

    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3220

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 63% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 20% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 42% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i3-3220

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-3220

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i3-3220

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-3220

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD A8-9600Intel Core i3-3220
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    EIST
    Intel 64
    Hyper-Threading
    XD bit
    VT-x
    TXT

    Architecture

    AMD A8-9600Intel Core i3-3220
    ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_IvyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameBristol RidgevsIvy Bridge
    Release DateSep 2016vsSep 2012

    Cores

    AMD A8-9600Intel Core i3-3220
    Cores4vs2
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsIntel HD 2500

    Cache

    AMD A8-9600Intel Core i3-3220
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD A8-9600Intel Core i3-3220
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1155
    Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
    Die Sizeunknownvs94mm²
    Process14 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    AMD A8-9600Intel Core i3-3220
    Cpu Frequency3100 MHzvs3300 MHz
    Turbo Clock3400 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs55 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A8-9600
      2346 points
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      3399 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A8-9600
      7443 points
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      8157 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD A8-9600 (simulated)
      72.05
    • Intel Core i3-3220 (simulated)
      117.62

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD A8-9600 (simulated)
      260.24
    • Intel Core i3-3220 (simulated)
      314.44

    points - higher is better

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