AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Core i5-2400S

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
1557 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2901 points
0.45% slightly better gaming score
2888 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1156 points
1185 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1110 points
1138 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.95 points
25.19 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1400 points
1415 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

742 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
515 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1461 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1360 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

752 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
504 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
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

804th of 1,089
799th 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 i5-2400S specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-2400S 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 i5-2400S has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 3250U. Indeed, the Core i5-2400S has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Ryzen 3 3250U. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 3250U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2400S. Also, the Ryzen 3 3250U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2400S CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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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