AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Core i7-3820QM

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

1913 points

25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2901 points

3059 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1156 points

1573 points

36% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1110 points

1510 points

36% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.95 points

41.56 points

119% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1400 points

2717 points

94% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

742 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

717 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1461 points

2007 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

752 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

602 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

2.7 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

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

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

804th of 1,089

733rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 3250U vs Core i7-3820QM comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3820QM performs better than the Ryzen 3 3250U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 3250U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-3820QM 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3820QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 3250U. Also, the Core i7-3820QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3820QM 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.