AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Core i3-8130U

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 2 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i3 2 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
25% slightly better overall score
1216 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2901 points
22% slightly better gaming score
2360 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1156 points
27% slightly better multitasking score
910 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1110 points
27% slightly better heavy workload score
872 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

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

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1400 points
1873 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

742 points
984 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1461 points
1902 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

752 points
1019 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
3.4 GHz

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

192 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache
128 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
0.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB
Identical
4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

804th of 1,089
897th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile
8th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2018 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 3250U vs Core i3-8130U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 3250U is faster than the Core i3-8130U. Despite this, the Core i3-8130U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3250U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8130U. Also, the Ryzen 3 3250U 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3250U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-8130U. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.

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