Trying to decide between two processors for gaming

[Guest]

Hello,
I have two processor which i am trying to decide between for gaming. The two processors are:

AMD Quad Core Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz Socket AM3

And

Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz

Which of these are better for gaming. For games like crysis of mw3

 

[geofelt]

If your games are multi core enabled, the phenom X4 might be better.
But, very few games use more than 2 cores, so the faster cores of the i3-3220 would be better there.
Here are two tests which show the cpu performance differences.
The list includes a X4 980 which is a bit faster than the X4 965
And a i3-2100 which is slower than the i3-3220.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-fx-pentium-apu-benchmark,3120-6.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-fx-pentium-apu-benchmark,3120-10.html

 

[Guest]

What would be better for playing crysis 2

 

[geofelt]

What would be better for playing crysis 2

I think crysis 2 is a more gpu dependent game, so the previous results should be applicable.
Here is one set of benchmarks. http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/crysis_2_dx11_vga_and_cpu_performance_benchmarks,6.html

 

[sam_p_lay]

If it's a short and simple answer you're after, the i3.