AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Core i3-3210. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Core i3
• Generation
  2 3
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000U Intel Core i 3000

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.60 GHz 3.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.50 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  2.60 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics Intel HD Graphics 2500
• GPU frequency
  1.00 GHz 0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.05 GHz
• Execution units
  3 6
• Shader
  192 48
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  8 7
• DirectX Version
  12 11.0
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q2/2012

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-3210 and AMD Ryzen 3 3250U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  8

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 3 3250U and Intel Core i3-3210 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 55 W
• TDP up
  25 W --
• TDP down
  12 W --
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 3 3250U and AMD Ryzen 3 3250U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Dali (Zen+) Ivy Bridge S
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  FP5 LGA 1155
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q1/2013