AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Core i3-2120

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
AMD Socket FP5MOBILE
2600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2020
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
Intel Core i3-2120
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2011
Intel Core i3-2120

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

50 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-2120

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 3250UIntel Core i3-2120
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 3250UIntel Core i3-2120
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4 Dual-channelvsDDR3
CodenamePicassovsSandy Bridge
Release DateJan 2020vsFeb 2011

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 3250UIntel Core i3-2120
Cores2vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 3vsIntel HD 2000

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 3250UIntel Core i3-2120
L1 Cache128K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 3250UIntel Core i3-2120
SocketAMD Socket FP5vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case TempN/Avsunknown
PackagevsFC-LGA10
Die Size246mm²vs131mm²
Process12 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 3250UIntel Core i3-2120
Cpu Frequency2600 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock3500 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP15 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
    3920 points
  • Intel Core i3-2120
    3300 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
    7105 points
  • Intel Core i3-2120
    7920 points

Points - higher is better