Core i3-3220 is fairly similar to the older Core i3-2120, which also ran at 3.3 GHz.
The Core i3-3220 does lack Turbo Boost, though, with its frequency limited to 3.3GHz like its predecessor, the Core i3-2120. It also sports the same cache configuration - 2 x 256KB of Level 2 cache, 3M of Level 3. However the newer Ivy Bridge CPU has Intel HD 2500 graphics as opposed to the Sandy Bridge chip's HD 2000 graphics. Power consumption has also fallen, from a TDP of 65W for the majority of the Sandy Bridge Core i3s to just 55W for the Core i3-3220. This compares favourably to AMD's A10-5800K, which weighs in at 100W, although the latter does sport a Radeon HD 7660D, which will undoubtedly be better for gaming, unless Intel has pulled off a miracle and octupled the performance of its HD graphics.  Its HD 2500 graphics is Direct X 11-compatible with six execution units - a tiny figure compared to that of the slightly more expensive Core i3-3225, which boasts HD 4000 graphics and 16 execution units. It also has a GPU frequency of 650MHz boosting up to 1,050MHz. Intel Quick Sync Video is also supported