AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 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

1528 points
12% slightly better overall score
1362 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2901 points
16% slightly better gaming score
2497 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1156 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
1042 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1110 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
1000 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.95 points
19.72 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1400 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1084 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

742 points
104% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
362 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1461 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1048 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

752 points
102% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
371 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
2.83 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
533% significantly lower TDP
95 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
6 MiB
499% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

804th of 1,089
850th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2008 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Ryzen 3 3250U vs Core 2 Quad Q9550 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 3250U performs better than the Core 2 Quad Q9550. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q9550 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 3250U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 3250U. A Ryzen 3 3250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Quad Q9550 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 3 3250U

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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