AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Core i7-3540M

Ryzen 3 3250U vs Core i7-3540M specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 3250U beats the Core i7-3540M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3540M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 3 3250U. Also, the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3540M 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.