AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Core i7-3612QM

Ryzen 3 3250U vs Core i7-3612QM comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3612QM performs better than the Ryzen 3 3250U. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3250U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-3612QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 3250U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 3250U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3250U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3612QM. Also, the Ryzen 3 3250U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3612QM 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.