AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Core i5-2300

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
1738 points
13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2901 points
3210 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1156 points
1327 points
14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1110 points
1273 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.95 points
25.92 points
36% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1400 points
1515 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

742 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
516 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1461 points
1499 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

752 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
510 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
2.8 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed
3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
533% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

804th of 1,089
769th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 3250U vs Core i5-2300 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-2300 is faster 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 i5-2300 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 3250U. Indeed, the Core i5-2300 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Ryzen 3 3250U. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 3250U. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3250U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2300 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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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