AMD FX-4300 vs Intel Core i3-3220

AMD FX-4300
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-4300
Intel Core i3-3220
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
Intel Core i3-3220

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-4300
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    111%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-4300
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    124%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-4300
    102%
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-4300

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3220

Much higher single threaded performance (around 24% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
40 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-4300.
Around 11% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i3-3220

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-3220

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD FX-4300Intel Core i3-3220
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1
EIST
Intel 64
Hyper-Threading
XD bit
VT-x
TXT

Architecture

AMD FX-4300Intel Core i3-3220
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsIvy Bridge
Release DateOct 2012vsSep 2012

Cores

AMD FX-4300Intel Core i3-3220
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 2500

Cache

AMD FX-4300Intel Core i3-3220
L1 Cache192 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache4096 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-4300Intel Core i3-3220
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size315mm²vs94mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD FX-4300Intel Core i3-3220
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvsnone
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.425 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs55 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-4300
    2440 points
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    3399 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-4300
    7603 points
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    8157 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-4300
    5412
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    5325

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-4300
    2278
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    2685

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-4300
    6211
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    5706

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-4300
    1941
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    2466

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-4300 (simulated)
    90.91
  • Intel Core i3-3220 (simulated)
    117.62

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-4300 (simulated)
    302.15
  • Intel Core i3-3220 (simulated)
    314.44

points - higher is better