AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Core i7-7700HQ

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 2 core CPU vs Intel 7th Generation Core i7 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

15 %
26 %
73% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

28 %
41 %
46% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11 %
21 %
90% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11 %
20 %
81% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

24.95
65.45
162% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1400
3551
153% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

742
1125
51% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1400
3551
153% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

742
1125
51% 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
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
2.8 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
3.8 GHz
8% 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

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

744th of 1,239
491st of 1,239

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile
7th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

June 2020
February 2017

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2400

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 i7-7700HQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7700HQ 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-7700HQ has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 3250U. Indeed, the Core i7-7700HQ has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Ryzen 3 3250U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 3250U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 3250U. Also, the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7700HQ 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.

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