AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Core i3-10100

Ryzen 3 3250U vs Core i3-10100 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-10100 performs better than the Ryzen 3 3250U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 3250U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-10100 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 3250U. Indeed, the Core i3-10100 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Ryzen 3 3250U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 3250U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-10100 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 3 3250U. Also, the Core i3-10100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-10100 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i3-10100 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.