Intel Core i3-3225 vs AMD Phenom II X4 955. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000 AMD Phenom II - 800/900
• Family
  Intel Core i3 AMD Phenom II
• Generation
  3 4
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

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

• Base Frequency
  3.3 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 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
  11.0 -
• Execution units
  16 -
• Generation
  7 -
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4000 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  1050 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Release date
  Q1/2011 -
• Shader
  128 -
• Technology
  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 No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Phenom II X4 955 and Intel Core i3-3225. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR2-1066

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-3225 and AMD Phenom II X4 955 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  55 W 125 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-3225 and AMD Phenom II X4 955, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge S Deneb (K10)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE3, SSE4a
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 6 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q2/2009
• Socket
  LGA 1155 AM3
• Technology
  22 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V