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AMD FX-6300 vs Intel Core i3-3220
Mini Review
AMD FX-6300 advantages
In multi-threaded programs, the AMD FX-6300 is 32% faster.
Memory performance of the microprocessor is better.
This CPU includes AES technology. This extension accelerates AES encryption and decryption,
and is beneficial if you need to protect your disk or network data.
The AMD FX-6300 incorporates FMA3 and XOP instructions, that were introduced in the recent
past. These extensions are not widely used by applications yet, however their support should
improve in future apps.
The microprocessor has FMA4 instruction set extension enabled. The FMA4 technology is only
offered on AMD CPUs, thus it may not get broad support from software vendors.
The clock multiplier on the AMD FX-6300 is not locked. The CPU can be effortlessly
overclocked on most motherboards when higher performance is desired.
The official price of the FX-6300 is lower than the price of the i3-3220.
The FX-6300 processor has 16% better price/performance ratio.
Intel Core i3-3220 advantages
Single-threaded performance of the CPU is higher.
The microprocessor features integrated HD 2500 GPU. While this graphics unit is not fast
enough to play latest games at full resolution, it can be used for casual gaming and 3D
applications.
The Intel i3-3220 is 42% more energy efficient.
FX-6300 vs i3-3220 performance comparison
The charts in the section below show performance of FX-6300 and Core i3-3220 microprocessors
in different kinds of programs. The numbers for 'Single-threaded performance' and 'Multi-threaded
performance' charts are calculated as an average of several related benchmarks, that you can find
in the "Benchmarks" tab. As such, performance in individual benchmarks may be lower or higher
than what you see in the charts on this page. The 'Overall performance' shows an average of all-
around performance benchmarks, and benchmarks, specific to each type of task. The 'Price-
performance ratio' chart displays how much more performance you will get per dollar spent. This
ratio does not take into account the cost of other system parts.
Single-threaded performance
2
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0


1

1.38


Higher is better
Multi-threaded performance
2
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0


1.32

1


Higher is better
Memory-intensive applications
2
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0


1.15

1


Higher is better
Overall performance
2
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0


1.11

1


Higher is better
Price / performance ratio
2
1.6
1.2
0.8


1.16

1


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Please see the "Benchmarks" tab for exhaustive list of benchmarks, showing performance
difference between FX-6300 and Intel i3-3220 in various types of applications.
FX-6300 vs i3-3220 power consumption and price comparison
Thermal Design Power
110
88
66
44
22
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95W
55W


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Current official price
200
160
120
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Detailed side by side comparison of AMD FX-6300 vs Intel i3-3220 specs can be found in the
"Specifications" tab. Much more detailed comparison of low level features of both processors is
located in the "CPUIDs" tab.
Pros and Cons summary
FX-6300

Core i3-3220
General recommendations:
Performs somewhat faster in all types
of programs,
Supports FMA3 / XOP instructions,
Allows simple overclocking,
Less expensive,
Better price / performance ratio

General recommendations:
Faster in single-threaded tasks,
Integrates HD 2500 GPU,
Needs less power
Drawbacks:
Worse performance in single-threaded
tasks,
Does not have on-chip graphics,
Requires significantly more power

Drawbacks:
Rather slow,
Lacks some instructions,
Slightly higher official price,
Somewhat worse price / performance
ratio
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Specifications
Please visit AMD FX-6300 and Intel Core i3-3220 pages for more detailed specifications of both microprocessors.
AMD FX-6300 Intel Core i3-3220
Market segment Desktop
Manufacturer AMD Intel
Family FX-Series Core i3
Basic details
Model number FX-6300 i3-3220
CPU part number FD6300WMW6KHK CM8063701137502
CM8063701246900
CM8063701247200
Box part number FD6300WMHKBOX BX80637I33220
BXC80637I33220
Introduction date October 23, 2012 September 2, 2012
Current official price $112 (as of Jul 2014) $117 (as of Jul 2014)

CPU features
Core name Vishera Ivy Bridge
Platform name Volan
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Microarchitecture Piledriver Ivy Bridge
Technology (micron) 0.032 0.022
Data width (bits) 64
Socket Socket AM3+ Socket 1155
Frequency (MHz) 3500 3300
Turbo Frequency (MHz) 4100
Bus speed (MHz) 2600 (HT/QPI)
Clock Multiplier 33
L1 cache 192 KB (code) / 96 KB (data) 64 KB (code) / 64 KB (data)
L2 cache (KB) 6144 512
L3 cache (KB) 8192 3072
Max temperature (C) 65.3
TDP (Watt) 95 55
Cores 6 2
Threads 6 4
Multiprocessing 1

Instruction set extensions
AES / Advanced Encryption Standard + -
AMD64 / EM64T 64-bit technology +
AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions +
BMI1 / Bit Manipulation + -
F16C / 16-bit Floating-Point conversion +
FMA3 / 3-operand Fused Multiply-Add + -
FMA4 / 4-operand Fused Multiply-Add + -
MMX +
SSE +
SSE2 +
SSE3 +
SSE4.1 +
SSE4.2 +
SSSE3 / Supplemental SSE3 +
XOP / eXtended Operations + -

Supported technologies
Hyper-Threading - +
PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep +
Turbo Core / Turbo Boost + -
Unlocked multiplier + -
Virtualization +
Virus Protection / Execute Disable bit +

Integrated Graphics
GPU Type None HD 2500

Integrated Memory Controller(s)
The number of controllers 1
Memory channels 2
Supported memory DDR3-1866 DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory bandwidth (GB/s) 29.9 25.6
Notes:
Rows with different specifications or features are highlighted .
For detailed specifications of "AMD FX-6300" or "Intel Core i3-3220" parts please click on the links in the table header.
Benchmarks
System setup
Below is a complete set of AMD FX-6300 and Intel Core i3-3220 benchmarks from our CPU benchmark database. The former processor was tested on
ASUS Sabertooth 990FX motherboard with 4GB dual-channel Crucial BallistixPC3-14900 (DDR3-1866) memory, and MSI R6670 1GB GDDR5 (ATI
Radeon). The latter processor was tested on ASUS P8H61-M motherboard, that had 2 GB dual-channel Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9 DDR3 memory, and
Integrated on-chip Intel Sandy Bridge graphics.
All tests were performed at default frequency and voltage, using manufacturer's stock fan/heatsink. None of the components were overclocked.
Motherboard BIOS options were left at default settings.
The results of all benchmarks are broken into four categories: multi-threaded, single-threaded, memory intensive and graphics / gaming.
FX-6300 vs Intel Core i3-3220 single-threaded benchmarks
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Single-threaded benchmarks run on a single CPU core, and do not depend on such features as the number of cores, or Hyper-Threading technology.
Additionally, they do not utilize on-chip caches, dedicated to other cores.
AMD FX-6300 Intel Core i3-3220
3DMark03 CPU score benchmark
Uses DirectX software vertex shader to run Wings of Fury and Trolls' Lair games, and calculates a 3DMark03 CPU score based on averaged number of
frames per second, achieved by the CPU/GPU combination.
100%
48.3%
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score (1 core) benchmark
Measures performance of a single-core rendering of a photo-realistic 3D image using CINEMA 4D software engine.
100%
62.8%
FLAC encoding - single process benchmark
Reports the number of songs, converted by a single CPU core from WAV to FLAC format using the best possible compression.
100%
80.2%
H.264 video encoding - single process benchmark
Measures the number of frames, converted by one CPU thread from MPEG2 format to H.264 format using high quality settings.
100%
85.1%
LAME MP3 encoding - single process benchmark
Reports the number of MP3 songs, encoded by one CPU core per one minute.
100%
69.2%
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PCMark2002 CPU score benchmark
100%
74.3%
Super PI (1M) benchmark
Measures time, required to calculate the first 1 million digits after the decimal point in the number Pi.
100%
48.9%
XVid video encoding - single process benchmark
Reports how many frames per second can be transcoded by a single CPU core from MPEG2 to XVid (MPEG4) format, utilizing single-pass conversion
method.
100%
88.9%
FX-6300 vs Intel Core i3-3220 multi-threaded benchmarks
Multi-threaded benchmarks utilize all CPU cores and other on-chip resources (on-chip caches, internal buffers, etc). Intel's Hyper-Threading feature also
helps to improve multi-threading performance.
AMD FX-6300 Intel Core i3-3220
3DMark06 CPU score benchmark
Estimates processor performance based on how fast it runs such CPU-intensive code as game logic, physics and pathfinding AI. The test requires
DirectX 9.0.
100%
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71.8%
Apache web server - dynamic pages benchmark
Shows an average number of dynamic HTML pages served per second by local instance of Apache 1.3.41 web server. The test has much greater error
margin than other tests.
100%
71.4%
Apache web server - static pages benchmark
Shows an average number of very simple static HTML pages served per second by local Apache 1.3.41 web server. The test has much greater error
margin than other tests.
100%
68.6%
Blowfish encryption benchmark
Reports encryption speed of pre-defined 32KB text block. The data is encrypted using Blowfish algorithm.
100%
72.2%
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score benchmark
Measures performance of multi-core rendering of a photo-realistic 3D image using CINEMA 4D software engine.
100%
87.6%
AMD FX-6300 Intel Core i3-3220
CINEBENCH R10 render time (seconds) benchmark
Measures time taken to render a photo-realistic 3D image using CINEMA 4D software engine.
100%
87.6%
CrystalMark ALU benchmark
Runs Fibonacci, Napierian, Eratosthenes and QuickSort integer performance tests on all CPU cores, and reports the sum of results.
100%
96.5%
CrystalMark FPU benchmark
Executes MikoFPU, RandMeanSS, FFT and Mandelbrot FPU-dependent tests using all CPU cores, and reports the sum of results.
100%
90.6%
Euler3D benchmark
100%
78.3%
FLAC encoding - multiple processes benchmark
Reports the number of songs, converted from WAV to FLAC format by all CPU cores using the best possible compression.
100%
67.3%
AMD FX-6300 Intel Core i3-3220
Fritz Chess Benchmark benchmark
100%
70.4%
H.264 video encoding - multiple processes benchmark
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Measures the number of frames, converted by all logical processors from MPEG2 format to H.264 format using single-pass method and high quality
settings.
100%
63.9%
H.264 video encoding - multithreaded benchmark
Measures the number of frames, converted by all logical processors from MPEG2 format to H.264 format using multi-threading system calls, dual-pass
method and high quality settings.
100%
70.5%
LAME MP3 encoding - multiple processes benchmark
Reports the number of MP3 songs, encoded by all CPU cores per one minute.
100%
80.2%
MySQL 5.0.96 - selecting data benchmark
Shows sustained number of SQL requests per second served by local instance of MySQL server v5.0.96. This test scales well with the number of CPU
cores.
100%
72.9%
AMD FX-6300 Intel Core i3-3220
PCMark05 CPU score benchmark
100%
89.6%
PCMark05 score benchmark
100%
80.8%
Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) benchmark
Runs Dhrystone test on all cores, and reports estimated integer performance in MIPS (Millions of Instructions Per Second).
100%
73.1%
Sandra MultiMedia Floating Point (it/s) benchmark
100%
83.3%
Sandra MultiMedia Integer (it/s) benchmark
100%
47.8%
AMD FX-6300 Intel Core i3-3220
Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) benchmark
Runs Whetstone test on all cores, and reports estimated floating-point performance in MFLOPS (Millions of Floating-Point Operations Per Second).
100%
79.9%
Sandra Whetstone SSE2 (MFLOPS) benchmark
Runs SSE2-enabled Whetstone test on all cores, and reports estimated floating-point performance in MFLOPS (Millions of Floating-Point Operations Per
Second).
100%
99.4%
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XVid video encoding - multiple processes benchmark
Reports how many frames per second can be transcoded by all CPU cores from MPEG2 to XVid (MPEG4) format, utilizing single-pass conversion
method.
100%
62.6%
wPrime v1.55 (32M) benchmark
wPrime benchmark measures time taken to calculate square roots of numbers from 1 to 33554431.
100%
84.3%
FX-6300 vs Intel Core i3-3220 graphics benchmarks
Graphics benchmarks depend on the type of integrated or discrete graphics adapter, and to less extent on the processor performance. Because these
benchmarks are synthetic, they may not truly represent gaming performance. However, they still can be used to estimate whether one processor will
perform faster or slower than another CPU in games and other 3D tasks.
Important! The processors were tested using different types of graphics adapters, that may not be suitable for comparison.
AMD FX-6300 Intel Core i3-3220
3DMark03 game score benchmark
Measures graphics and 3D game performance of discrete and integrated GPUs using 4 different game simulations, that have varying level of DirectX
support from version 7 to version 9.
100%
23.3%
3DMark06 3DMark score benchmark
Measures 3D graphics and game performance of CPU/GPU combination by running 4 game simulations, that make extensive use of DirectX 9.0/9.0C
capabilities.
100%
27.4%
3DMark2001 score benchmark
Runs a series of game simulations and feature tests to measure graphics and 3D game performance of discrete and integrated GPUs. It utilizes a single
CPU core, and it is compatible with DirectX 8 and later APIs.
100%
42.5%
CINEBENCH R10 OpenGL score benchmark
100%
33.5%
PCMark05 Graphics score benchmark
100%
30.3%
FX-6300 vs Intel Core i3-3220 memory performance
Memory-intensive tests or programs move large amounts of data to/from memory, and they depend more on memory throughput and the size of on-
chip caches, rather than on CPU integer/FP/SIMD performance.
AMD FX-6300 Intel Core i3-3220
7Zip compressing/decompressing speed (1 thread) benchmark
100%
93.2%
CrystalMark Memory benchmark
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Evaluates Read, Write, Read/Write and Cache memory bandwidth score. The final result is the sum of measured results.
100%
87.0%
PCMark05 Memory score benchmark
100%
84.7%
PCMark2002 Memory score benchmark
100%
73.0%
WinRAR compressing/decompressing speed benchmark
100%
68.6%
CPUIDs
The table below compares two random CPUID records for AMD FX-6300 and Intel Core i3-3220 microprocessors, that were submitted to our CPUID
database. Please note that different steppings of Intel processors, identified by S-spec numbers or CPUID, may have slightly different features. For that
reason the comparison table below only applies to CPUs with specific S-Spec number / CPUID.
CPUID 1 CPUID 2
Manufacturer AMD Intel
CPU Family FX-Series Core i3
Model / Processor Number FX-6300 i3-3220
Frequency 3511 MHz 3291 MHz
CWID version 0.4 0.5
Part number FD6300WMW6KHK CM8063701137502
S-Spec / Stepping Code FA 1234PGN SR0RG

General information
Vendor AuthenticAMD GenuineIntel
Processor name (BIOS) AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz
Cores 6 2
Compute units 3
Logical processors 6 4
Processor type Original OEM Processor
Core stepping OR-C0
CPUID signature 600F20 306A9
Family 21 (015h) 6 (06h)
Model 2 (02h) 58 (03Ah)
Stepping 0 (00h) 9 (09h)
Socket AM3+
TLB/Cache details 64-byte Prefetching
Data TLB0: 2-MB or 4-MB pages, 4-way set
associative, 32 entries
Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 64
entries
Instruction TLB: 4-KB pages, 4-way set associative,
64 entries
L2 TLB: 1-MB, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line
size
Shared 2nd-level TLB: 4 KB pages, 4-way set
associative, 512 entries

Cache
L1 data: Associativity 4-way set associative 8-way set associative
L1 data: Comments Direct-mapped
L1 data: Line size 64 bytes
L1 data: Lines per tag 1
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L1 data: Size 6 x 16 KB 2 x 32 KB
L1 instruction: Associativity 2-way set associative 8-way set associative
L1 instruction: Comments 1 cache per 2 cores Direct-mapped
L1 instruction: Line size 64 bytes
L1 instruction: Lines per tag 1
L1 instruction: Size 3 x 64 KB 2 x 32 KB
L2: Associativity 16-way set associative 8-way set associative
L2: Comments 1 cache per 2 cores Non-inclusive|Direct-mapped
L2: Line size 64 bytes
L2: Lines per tag 1
L2: Size 3 x 2 MB 2 x 256 KB
L3: Associativity 64-way set associative 12-way set associative
L3: Comments Shared between all cores Inclusive|Shared between all cores
L3: Line size 64 bytes
L3: Lines per tag 1
L3: Size 8 MB 3 MB

Instruction set extensions
AES + -
AMD extensions to MMX + -
AVX +
BMI1 + -
F16C +
FMA + -
FMA4 + -
MMX +
SSE +
SSE2 +
SSE3 +
SSE4.1 +
SSE4.2 +
SSE4A + -
SSSE3 +
TBM + -
XOP + -

Additional instructions
Advanced Bit manipulation + -
CLFLUSH +
CMOV +
CMPXCHG16B +
CMPXCHG8B +
Enhanced REP MOVSB/STOSB - +
FXSAVE/FXRSTORE +
MONITOR/MWAIT +
PCLMULDQ +
POPCNT +
PREFETCH/PREFETCHW + -
RD/WR FSGSBASE instructions - +
RDTSCP +
SKINIT/STGI support + -
SYSCALL/SYSRET + -
SYSENTER/SYSEXIT +
XSAVE/XRESTORE states +

Major features
64-bit / Intel 64 +
Enhanced SpeedStep - +
Hyper-Threading Technology - +
Intel Virtualization - +
NX bit/XD-bit +
On-chip Floating Point Unit +
PowerNow! / Cool'n'Quiet + -
Secure Virtual Machine (Virtualization) + -
Turbo Core + -

Other features
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1 GB large page support + -
100MHz multiplier control + -
128-bit SSE instructions + -
36-bit page-size extensions +
64-bit debug store - +
Advanced programmable interrupt
controller
+
CPL qualified debug store - +
Core multi-processing legacy mode + -
Debug store - +
Debugging extensions +
Digital Thermal Sensor capability - +
Extended APIC space + -
FXSAVE/FXRSTOR optimizations + -
Hardware P-state control + -
Hardware thermal control + -
Instruction based sampling + -
LAHF/SAHF support in 64-bit mode +
LBR virtualization + -
LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8 + -
Lightweight profiling support + -
Machine check architecture +
Machine check exception +
Memory-type range registers +
Misaligned SSE mode + -
Model-specific registers +
Nested page tables + -
OS visible workaround + -
Page attribute table +
Page global extension +
Page-size extensions (4MB pages) +
Pending break enable - +
Perfmon and Debug capability - +
Physical address extensions +
Power Limit Notification capability - +
Process context identifiers - +
SVM lock + -
Self-snoop - +
Supervisor Mode Execution Protection - +
Support for NRIP save + -
THERMTRIP + -
TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across
all states
+
Temperature sensor + -
Thermal monitor - +
Thermal monitor 2 - +
Thermal monitor and software controlled
clock facilities
- +
Time stamp counter +
Timestamp counter deadline - +
Translation Cache Extension + -
Virtual 8086-mode enhancements +
Watchdog timer support + -
xTPR Update Control - +
+ - feature is supported
- - feature is not supported
Features, not supported by all processors in the table, are not displayed
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