Intel Celeron G3900 vs Intel Core i3-3220

Intel Celeron G3900
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2015
Intel Celeron G3900
Intel Core i3-3220
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
Intel Core i3-3220

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Celeron G3900
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    116%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Celeron G3900
    106%
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Celeron G3900
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    138%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Celeron G3900

6% higher single threaded performance.
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 multi threaded performance (around 38% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i3-3220

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-3220

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Celeron G3900Intel Core i3-3220
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3
Hyper-Threading
TXT

Architecture

Intel Celeron G3900Intel Core i3-3220
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3, DDR4vsDDR3
CodenameSkylakevsIvy Bridge
Release DateSep 2015vsSep 2012

Cores

Intel Celeron G3900Intel Core i3-3220
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 510vsIntel HD 2500

Cache

Intel Celeron G3900Intel Core i3-3220
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4096 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Celeron G3900Intel Core i3-3220
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp65°Cvs65°C
PackagevsFC-LGA12C
Die Size150mm²vs94mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Celeron G3900Intel Core i3-3220
Cpu Frequency2800 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP51 Wvs55 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron G3900
    3360 points
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    3399 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron G3900
    6720 points
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    8157 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Celeron G3900
    227
  • Intel Core i3-3220 (simulated)
    314.44

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Celeron G3900 (simulated)
    125.65
  • Intel Core i3-3220 (simulated)
    117.62

points - higher is better