Intel Core i5-8250U vs AMD Ryzen 3 7320U

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 3 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1907 points
2905 points
52% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3207 points
4530 points
41% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1532 points
2414 points
57% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1465 points
2315 points
58% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.03 points
42.57 points
11% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.6 GHz
2.40 GHz
50% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
4.1 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
Identical
15 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
Identical
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

738th of 1,089
550th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-8250U vs Ryzen 3 7320U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 7320U performs better than the Core i5-8250U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8250U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 7320U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8250U. Also, the Ryzen 3 7320U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 3 7320U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8250U. Despite this, the Core i5-8250U has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 7320U.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-8250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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