AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Xeon E5-2643

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 2 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 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

2971 points

94% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2901 points

4108 points

41% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1156 points

2620 points

126% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1110 points

2542 points

129% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.95 points

40.83 points

115% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1400 points

2888 points

106% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

742 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

646 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1461 points

2094 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

752 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

566 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

3.3 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

Identical

3.5 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

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

804th of 1,089

542nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile

Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June

2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 3 3250U vs Xeon E5-2643 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2643 beats the Ryzen 3 3250U in overall performance. 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 Xeon E5-2643 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2643 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 3 3250U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Ryzen 3 3250U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2643 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.