AMD FX-6130 vs Intel Core i3-3220

AMD FX-6130
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-6130
Intel Core i3-3220
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
Intel Core i3-3220

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD FX-6130

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3220

40 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-6130.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Core i3-3220

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-3220

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD FX-6130

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-6130

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


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-6130Intel 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-6130Intel Core i3-3220
ArchitectureAMD BulldozervsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameZambezivsIvy Bridge
Release DateOct 2012vsSep 2012

Cores

AMD FX-6130Intel Core i3-3220
Cores6vs2
Threads6vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 2500

Cache

AMD FX-6130Intel Core i3-3220
L1 Cache288 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache6144 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-6130Intel Core i3-3220
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size315mm²vs94mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD FX-6130Intel Core i3-3220
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvsnone
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.425 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs55 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6130
    2301 points
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    3399 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6130
    10450 points
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    8157 points

Points - higher is better