AMD FX-6300 vs Intel Core i3-3220

AMD FX-6300
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-6300
Intel Core i3-3220
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
Intel Core i3-3220

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-6300
    110%
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-6300
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    121%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-6300
    138%
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-6300

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 38% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3220

Much higher single threaded performance (around 21% 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-6300.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD FX-6300

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-6300

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


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-6300Intel 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-6300Intel Core i3-3220
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsIvy Bridge
Release DateOct 2012vsSep 2012

Cores

AMD FX-6300Intel Core i3-3220
Cores6vs2
Threads6vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 2500

Cache

AMD FX-6300Intel 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-6300Intel Core i3-3220
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size315mm²vs94mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD FX-6300Intel Core i3-3220
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvsnone
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.4 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs55 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6300
    2501 points
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    3399 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6300
    10504 points
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    8157 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-6300
    7392
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    5325

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-6300
    2269
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    2685

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-6300
    8207
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    5706

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-6300
    1974
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    2466

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-6300
    417
  • Intel Core i3-3220 (simulated)
    314.44

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-6300 (simulated)
    97.26
  • Intel Core i3-3220 (simulated)
    117.62

points - higher is better