AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

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
1% slightly better overall score
1506 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2901 points
4% slightly better gaming score
2767 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1156 points
0.52% slightly better multitasking score
1150 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1110 points
0.63% slightly better heavy workload score
1103 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

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

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1400 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1133 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

742 points
86% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
397 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1461 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1064 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

752 points
98% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
379 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
3.00 GHz
15% 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
12 MiB
1100% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

804th of 1,089
806th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2008 August

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 Q9650 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core 2 Quad Q9650 beats the Ryzen 3 3250U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3250U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 2 Quad Q9650 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 3250U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q9650 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 Q9650 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 Q9650 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 3 3250U

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 Ryzen 3 3250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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