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    AMD FX-8350 vs Intel Core i3-3220

    AMD FX-8350
    AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
    4000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
    AMD FX-8350
    Intel Core i3-3220
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    3300 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
    Intel Core i3-3220

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD FX-8350
      205%
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD FX-8350
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      119%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD FX-8350
      277%
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD FX-8350

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 177% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 105% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3220

    19% higher single threaded performance.
    70 watts lower power draw.
    Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-8350.
    AMD FX-8350

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD FX-8350

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD FX-8350

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD FX-8350

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD FX-8350Intel 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-8350Intel Core i3-3220
    ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_IvyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameVisheravsIvy Bridge
    Release DateOct 2012vsSep 2012

    Cores

    AMD FX-8350Intel Core i3-3220
    Cores8vs2
    Threads8vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 2500

    Cache

    AMD FX-8350Intel Core i3-3220
    L1 Cache384 KBvs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache8192 KBvs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD FX-8350Intel Core i3-3220
    SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1155
    Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
    Die Size315mm²vs94mm²
    Process32 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    AMD FX-8350Intel Core i3-3220
    Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs3300 MHz
    Turbo Clock4200 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.45 Vvsunknown
    TDP125 Wvs55 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-8350
      2562 points
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      3399 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-8350
      16006 points
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      8157 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-8350
      10913
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      5325

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

    • AMD FX-8350
      2425
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      2685

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-8350
      12225
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      5706

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • AMD FX-8350
      2121
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      2466

    points - higher is better

    3DMark06 CPU

    • AMD FX-8350
      6648
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      4019

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

    • AMD FX-8350
      3201
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      4626

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

    • AMD FX-8350
      16904
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      10193

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8350
      1.1
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      1.38

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8350
      6.89
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      3.31

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8350
      97
    • Intel Core i3-3220 (simulated)
      117.62

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8350
      633
    • Intel Core i3-3220 (simulated)
      314.44

    points - higher is better

    SuperPI 1M

    • AMD FX-8350
      21.6
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      11.6

    seconds - lower is better

    wPrime 32

    • AMD FX-8350
      8.34
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      14.66

    seconds - lower is better

    WinRAR 4.0

    • AMD FX-8350
      4562
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      2695

    MB/s - higher is better

    x264 Pass 1

    • AMD FX-8350
      138.75
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      98.55

    FPS - higher is better

    x264 Pass 2

    • AMD FX-8350
      43.5
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      18.82

    FPS - higher is better

    TrueCrypt AES

    • AMD FX-8350
      3.6
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      0.32

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Twofish

    • AMD FX-8350
      0.75
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      0.29

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Serpent

    • AMD FX-8350
      0.42
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      0.17

    GB/s

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