Intel Core i3-8100 vs Intel Core i3-3220. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 8000 Intel Core i 3000
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i3
• Generation
  8 3
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i3-7100 -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  Intel Core i3-9100 -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.6 GHz 3.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 11.0
• Execution units
  24 6
• Generation
  9.5 7
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 650 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 2500
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz 1050 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q2/2012
• Shader
  192 48
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-3220 and Intel Core i3-8100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR3-1600
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-8100 and Intel Core i3-3220 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 55 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-8100 and Intel Core i3-3220, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Coffee Lake S Ivy Bridge S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 3 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q3/2012
• Socket
  LGA 1151-2 LGA 1155
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d