AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Core i7-920

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
3% slightly better overall score
1474 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2901 points
16% slightly better gaming score
2489 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1156 points
1179 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1110 points
1132 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.95 points
31.28 points
65% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1400 points
1489 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

742 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
419 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1461 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1431 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

752 points
81% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
415 points

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
2.79 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
19% slightly higher turbo speed
2.93 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
766% significantly lower TDP
130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
3
49% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
8 MiB
700% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

804th of 1,089
814th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2008 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1066

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 i7-920 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-920 is faster 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 i7-920 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 Core i7-920 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 3250U. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3250U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-920 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-920 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 3 3250U

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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