AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Core i5-6440HQ

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
2094 points
37% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2901 points
3994 points
37% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1156 points
1574 points
36% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1110 points
1508 points
35% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.95 points
32.25 points
70% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1400 points
2606 points
86% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

742 points
1041 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1461 points
2913 points
99% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

752 points
1094 points
45% significantly 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
Identical
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
Identical
3.5 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
705th 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 i5-6440HQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-6440HQ 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 i5-6440HQ has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 3250U. Indeed, the Core i5-6440HQ has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Ryzen 3 3250U. But they both have the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 3 3250U and Core i5-6440HQ are identical in this regard. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Ryzen 3 3250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-6440HQ CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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