Intel Core i3-3227U Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i3-3227U is a 2 core processor. It can handle 4 threads simultaneously and was introduced in Q1/2013. The Intel Core i3-3227U is based on the 3. generation of the Intel Core i3 series and requires a mainboard with the socket BGA 1023. The Intel Core i3-3227U scores 392 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 952 points.
Intel Core i3-3227U

CPU lineage

Here you can see which group the Intel Core i3-3227U belongs to and which processor is the predecessor of the Intel Core i3-3227U.

Name: Intel Core i3-3227U
Family: Intel Core i3 (202)
CPU group: Intel Core i 3000U (12)
Architecture: Ivy Bridge U
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 3
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 2 CPU cores of the Intel Core i3-3227U clock with 1.90 GHz. The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

CPU Cores / Threads: 2 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 1.90 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): --
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): --

Internal Graphics

With the Intel HD Graphics 4000, the Intel Core i3-3227U has an build in graphic solution. It has 16 SM processors, which have a total of 128 texture shaders. The iGPU not only enables games, but also significantly accelerates video playback.

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU frequency: 0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.10 GHz
Compute units: 16
Shader: 128
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q1/2011
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 7
Direct X: 11.0
Technology: 22 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 2 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors that have an integrated graphics can play videos faster and more efficiently. This can have a positive effect on the battery life of notebooks, for example.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): No
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: No
VP9: No
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i3-3227U supports up to 32 GB memory in up to 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR3-1600
25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory: 32 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Intel Core i3-3227U has a TDP of 17 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 17 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-3227U has a 3.00 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in 22 nm. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

Technology: 22 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1023
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 3.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date: Q1/2013
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-3227U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


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 Celeron 3215U Intel Celeron 3215U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
394
Intel Celeron 3755U Intel Celeron 3755U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
394
Intel Celeron N4100 Intel Celeron N4100
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
394
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
392
Intel Pentium 2127U Intel Pentium 2127U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
389
AMD Athlon II X4 641 AMD Athlon II X4 641
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
388
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700
4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz
387

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 i3-4005U Intel Core i3-4005U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
956
MediaTek Helio P35 MediaTek Helio P35
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
955
Intel Pentium G2030T Intel Pentium G2030T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
953
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
952
MediaTek Helio G37 MediaTek Helio G37
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
952
Intel Celeron J4025 Intel Celeron J4025
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
952
Intel Pentium J3710 Intel Pentium J3710
4C 4T @ 2.64 GHz
947

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 Atom x6425RE Intel Atom x6425RE
4C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
334
Intel Atom x6427FE Intel Atom x6427FE
4C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
334
Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
334
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
331
MediaTek Helio P70 MediaTek Helio P70
8C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
330
Samsung Exynos 7885 Samsung Exynos 7885
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
330
Intel Pentium E5200 Intel Pentium E5200
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz
329

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 Celeron N4020C Intel Celeron N4020C
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
705
MediaTek Helio P23 MediaTek Helio P23
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
705
Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch
8C 8T @ 1.00 GHz
702
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
697
Intel Celeron J4005 Intel Celeron J4005
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
687
AMD GX-424CC AMD GX-424CC
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
685
AMD GX-420CA AMD GX-420CA
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
682

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 i5-3210M Intel Core i5-3210M
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.10 GHz
282
Intel Core i5-3230M Intel Core i5-3230M
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.10 GHz
282
Intel Core i5-3337U Intel Core i5-3337U
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.10 GHz
282
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.10 GHz
282
AMD A9-9420e AMD A9-9420e
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.72 GHz
276
AMD A6-9220C AMD A6-9220C
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.72 GHz
276
AMD A6-5357M AMD A6-5357M
AMD Radeon HD 8450G @ 0.72 GHz
276

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.
AMD A6-4455M AMD A6-4455M
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
1293
Intel Celeron 3865U Intel Celeron 3865U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
1290
Intel Celeron 3867U Intel Celeron 3867U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
1290
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
1284
MediaTek Helio P10 MediaTek Helio P10
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1282
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
1281
Intel Core i3-2348M Intel Core i3-2348M
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
1270

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 Xeon E5-2603 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4
6C 6T @ 1.70 GHz
71
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
71
Intel Celeron N4000 Intel Celeron N4000
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
70
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
69
AMD A6-9220 AMD A6-9220
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
69
Intel Celeron 3215U Intel Celeron 3215U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
69
Intel Celeron 3755U Intel Celeron 3755U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
69

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.
AMD Phenom II X2 521 AMD Phenom II X2 521
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
177
Intel Celeron G1840T Intel Celeron G1840T
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz
177
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
176
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
175
Intel Celeron G1610 Intel Celeron G1610
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
174
Intel Celeron 2970M Intel Celeron 2970M
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
173
AMD Phenom II X2 B59 AMD Phenom II X2 B59
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
172

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