AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Core i5-6300HQ

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 2 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i5 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
6% slightly better overall score
1438 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2901 points
8% slightly better gaming score
2667 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1156 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
1096 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1110 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
1053 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.95 points
38.90 points
105% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1400 points
2685 points
91% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

742 points
970 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1461 points
2777 points
90% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

752 points
1025 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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
13% slightly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
200% significantly lower TDP
45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

804th of 1,089
826th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile
6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2133

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 i5-6300HQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6300HQ beats the Ryzen 3 3250U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3250U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-6300HQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 3250U that has 2 cores. But they both have 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 i5-6300HQ. Also, the Ryzen 3 3250U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-6300HQ 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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