Intel Core i3-3227U

The Intel Core i3-3227U operates with:

CPU Cores 2.

CPU Threads: 4.

Performance-enhancing, system-enhancing technology that works faster and saves battery with:

Turbo: No turbo base No turbo all cores.

TDP: 17 W.

The processor is attached to:

CPU socket: BGA 1023.

This version includes

3.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip

Supports 2 memory channels to support DDR3-1600 RAM and features PCIe Gen lanes.

Tjunction keeps below -- degrees C.

In particular, Ivy Bridge U Architecture is enhanced with:

Technology: 22 nm

Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d.

The product was released on Q1/2013.

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CPU generation and family

Name:

Intel Core i3-3227U

Family:

Intel Core i3

CPU group:

Intel Core i 3000U

Predecessor:

Segment:

Mobile

Generation:

Successor:

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Frequency:

1.90 GHz

Turbo (1 Core):

No turbo

Turbo (64 Cores)::

Hyperthreading:

Yes

Core architecture:

normal

CPU Cores:

CPU Threads:

Overclocking:

Memory & PCIe

Memory type:

DDR3-1600

PCIe version:

Memory channels:

PCIe version:

PCIe lanes:

Encryption

AES-NI:

Yes

Internal Graphics

Memory type:

DDR3-1600

GPU name:

Intel HD Graphics 4000

GPU frequency:

0.35 GHz

GPU (Turbo):

1.10 GHz

Generation:

DirectX Version:

11.0

Execution units:

Shader:

128

Max memory:

Max. displays:

Technology:

22 nm

Release date:

Q1/2011

Technical details

Instruction set (ISA):

x86-64 (64 bit)

Architecture:

Ivy Bridge U

L2-Cache:

Virtualization:

VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

L3-Cache:

3.00 MB

Release date:

Q1/2013

Socket:

BGA 1023

Thermal Management

TDP (PL1):

17 W

TDP (PL2):

TDP Up:

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

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Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4 71 (26%)

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 71 (26%)

Intel Celeron N4000 70 (25%)

Intel Core i3-3227U 69 (25%)

AMD A6-9220 69 (25%)

Intel Celeron 3215U 69 (25%)

Intel Celeron 3755U 69 (25%)

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 521 177 (2%)

Intel Celeron G1840T 177 (2%)

Intel Core m3-8100Y 176 (2%)

Intel Core i3-3227U 175 (2%)

Intel Celeron G1610 174 (2%)

Intel Celeron 2970M 173 (2%)

AMD Phenom II X2 B59 172 (2%)

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.

AMD Phenom II X4 925 354 (19%)

Intel Pentium 3556U 353 (19%)

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 352 (19%)

Intel Core i3-3227U 350 (19%)

HiSilicon Kirin 970 349 (18%)

AMD A4-3400 349 (18%)

AMD A4-4000 348 (18%)

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.

HiSilicon Kirin 658 815 (2%)

AMD Athlon 5350 807 (2%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 803 (2%)

Intel Core i3-3227U 799 (2%)

AMD A8-3520M 799 (2%)

Samsung Exynos 5433 798 (2%)

HiSilicon Kirin 655 794 (2%)

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 282 (3%)

Intel Core i5-3230M 282 (3%)

Intel Core i5-3337U 282 (3%)

Intel Core i3-3227U 282 (3%)

AMD A9-9420e 276 (3%)

AMD A6-9220C 276 (3%)

AMD A6-5357M 276 (3%)

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 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.

AMD Athlon II X2 340 1518 (22%)

AMD A8-3850 1512 (22%)

AMD Phenom II X2 B53 1510 (22%)

Intel Core i3-3227U 1506 (22%)

AMD Phenom II X4 B93 1495 (22%)

AMD Phenom II X4 925 1495 (22%)

AMD Phenom II X4 920 1495 (22%)

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 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.

AMD Phenom II X2 555 3182 (3%)

Intel Celeron J1900 3180 (3%)

Intel Pentium N3540 3180 (3%)

Intel Core i3-3227U 3163 (3%)

Intel Celeron J3160 3161 (3%)

Intel Celeron N3160 3161 (3%)

Intel Celeron G530 3156 (3%)

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

AMD A8-4500M 0.71 (27%)

AMD A8-5500 0.71 (27%)

Intel Celeron 3205U 0.71 (27%)

Intel Core i3-3227U 0.7 (27%)

Intel Celeron 2981U 0.69 (26%)

Intel Celeron 2980U 0.69 (26%)

Intel Xeon E3-1220L v3 0.68 (26%)

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

AMD A10-5745M 1.9 (3%)

AMD A4-3420 1.9 (3%)

AMD A8-5557M 1.9 (3%)

Intel Core i3-3227U 1.89 (3%)

AMD A10-4655M 1.87 (3%)

Intel Core M-5Y10 1.86 (3%)

Intel Core M-5Y10a 1.86 (3%)

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The iGPU test uses the CPU internal graphic unit to execute OpenGL commands.

Intel Core i7-3517U 13.7 (22%)

Intel Celeron N3150 13.3 (22%)

Intel Celeron N3160 13.3 (22%)

Intel Core i3-3227U 13.3 (22%)

Intel Celeron 2981U 13.2 (21%)

Intel Celeron 2980U 13.2 (21%)

Intel Core i7-3770 13.2 (21%)

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Intel Core i3-4100U 2570 (3%)

Intel Celeron 2970M 2558 (3%)

Intel Celeron G1610 2551 (3%)

Intel Core i3-3227U 2538 (3%)

AMD A9-9410 2530 (3%)

Intel Core i3-2330M 2529 (3%)

AMD A10-4655M 2526 (3%)