AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Core i5-3210M

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
AMD Socket FP5MOBILE
2600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2020
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
Intel Core i5-3210M
Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
2500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2012
Intel Core i5-3210M

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

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

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3210M

None

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 3250UIntel Core i5-3210M
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
EIST
Intel 64
Hyper-Threading
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 3250UIntel Core i5-3210M
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportDDR4 Dual-channelvsunknown
CodenamePicassovsIvy Bridge
Release DateJan 2020vsJun 2012

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 3250UIntel Core i5-3210M
Cores2vs2
Threads4vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 3vsIntel HD 4000

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 3250UIntel Core i5-3210M
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 i5-3210M
SocketAMD Socket FP5vsIntel Socket G2 (988B)
Max Case TempN/Avsunknown
PackagevsFC-PGA12F
Die Size246mm²vs118mm²
Process12 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 3250UIntel Core i5-3210M
Cpu Frequency2600 MHzvs2500 MHz
Turbo Clock3500 MHzvs3100 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP15 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
    3920 points
  • Intel Core i5-3210M
    3193 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
    7105 points
  • Intel Core i5-3210M
    5150 points

Points - higher is better