Intel Core i3-3227U vs AMD Athlon 5350

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Intel Core i3-3227U CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon 5350
Intel Core i3-3227U AMD Athlon 5350

CPU comparison

Intel Core i3-3227U or AMD Athlon 5350 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i3-3227U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.90 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-3227U was released in Q1/2013.

The AMD Athlon 5350 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.05 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD Athlon 5350 was released in Q2/2014.
Intel Core i3 (202) Family AMD Athlon (29)
Intel Core i 3000U (12) CPU group AMD Athlon 5000 (2)
3 Generation 3
Ivy Bridge U Architecture Kabini (Jaguar)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-3227U is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.90 GHz. The AMD Athlon 5350 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.05 GHz.

Intel Core i3-3227U Characteristic AMD Athlon 5350
2 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? Yes
1.90 GHz Frequency 2.05 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i3-3227U Characteristic AMD Athlon 5350
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel HD Graphics 4000 GPU AMD Radeon HD 8400
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
7 GPU Generation 5
22 nm Technology 28 nm
3 Max. displays 2
16 Compute units 2
128 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11.0 DirectX Version 11.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel HD Graphics 4000 GPU AMD Radeon HD 8400
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i3-3227U supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon 5350 can connect up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels.

Intel Core i3-3227U Characteristic AMD Athlon 5350
DDR3-1600 Memory DDR3L-1600
32 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
3.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version --
16 PCIe lanes --
8.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i3-3227U has a TDP of 17 W, that of the AMD Athlon 5350 is 25 W.

Intel Core i3-3227U Characteristic AMD Athlon 5350
17 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 25 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-3227U has a 3.00 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon 5350 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

Intel Core i3-3227U Characteristic AMD Athlon 5350
22 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
BGA 1023 Socket AM1
VT-x, VT-x EPT Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2013 Release date Q2/2014
-- Release price 47 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
392 (100%)
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
269 (69%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
952 (100%)
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
865 (91%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
331 (100%)
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
236 (71%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
697 (98%)
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
708 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.10 GHz
282 (100%)
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
AMD Radeon HD 8400 @ 0.60 GHz
154 (55%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
1284 (73%)
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
1755 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
69 (100%)
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
44 (64%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
175 (100%)
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
162 (93%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
95 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
336 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i3-3227U AMD Athlon 5350
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