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Best Bench: 70% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 42% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)

Poor: 42% Great: 70%

SPEED RANK: 596^th / 1468

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 66%

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Workstation 44%

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Best Bench: 66% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 48% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)

Poor: 48% Great: 66%

SPEED RANK: 628^th / 1468

Gaming 59%

Gunboat

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 42%

Speed boat


Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		60.6 %	+4%		58.5 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	78.1 Pts		80.9 Pts	+4%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	77.7 Pts		82.7 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +6%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	152 Pts	+5%	145 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	248 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +18%	211 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	263 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +23%	214 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	90.8 Pts		93.3 Pts	+3%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	85.4 Pts		91.8 Pts	Slightly faster OC single-core speed. +7%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	168 Pts		173 Pts	+3%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	310 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +34%	232 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	311 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +34%	232 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.08 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%	0 %
Value Value For Money	103 %	Hugely better value. +84%	56.1 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	59 %	More popular. +16%	51 %
Price Price (score)	$40	Hugely cheaper. +88%	$325


Age Newest	166 Months		147 Months	More recent. +11%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts		55 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +42%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%	2 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		4 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	32 nm		22 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +31%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.1 GHz		3.3 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +6%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.4 GHz	+3%	3.3 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	313 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +34%	233 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	264 Pts	Faster 64-core speed. +23%	215 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Sandy Bridge	Ivy Bridge
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA1155	FCLGA1155
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 2000	HD 4000
Launch Date Launch Date	Q1'11	Q3'12
Cache Cache	6 MB SmartCache	3 MB SmartCache
Embedded Options Available Embedded Options Available	Yes	No
Lithography Lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$178.00	$134.00
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR3 1066/1333	DDR3 1333/1600
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	21 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® HD Graphics 2000	Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Graphics Base Frequency Graphics Base Frequency	850 MHz	650 MHz
Wireless Display Intel® Wireless Display	No	Yes
# of Displays Supported # of Displays Supported ‡	2	3
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1.1 GHz	1.05 GHz
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	2.0	No
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	No	Yes
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d) Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡	Yes	No
vPro Tech Intel® vPro™ Technology ‡	Yes	No
AES New Instructions Intel® AES New Instructions	Yes	No
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	Yes	No
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Pros: Brilliant value for money. Cons: It's not the 2400k which can be had for just a tiny bit more and offers a lot more flexibility in terms of overclocking. ^{[Apr '12 CPUPro]}

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The Core i3-3225 Ivy Bridge processor offers both superb real world performance and excellent value for money. For raw single threaded performance the i3-3225 scores 28% lower than the i7-3770K but costs less than half as much. At first glance one might assume that I am crazy for recommending a puny Core-i3 over the mighty Core-i7's but for real world consumer use there is simply no point in having 4 cores and 8 threads, they will hardly ever be used. All of the third gen Ivy Bridge Core-i3s are superb but the i3-3225 sports the slightly more 3D capable HD 4000 Graphics vs the HD 2500 offered on the other models. For real-world performance in an energy efficient package with modest on-board graphics, this is a superb choice. For most use cases including: email, surfing, watching movies, listening to music and office apps, this processor will deliver almost as good an experience as any other processor on the market. ^{[Jun '13 CPUPro]}

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