Intel Core i3 1005G1 vs AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

We compared two 2-core laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core i3 1005G1 against the 2.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 3 3250U. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3250U and 1005G1
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1005G1
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • 22% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1028 vs 845 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
  • Newer - released 6-months later
  • 3% higher Turbo Boost frequency (3.5 GHz vs 3.4 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
2437
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
2216
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
4990
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
2215

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 1005G1 and AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

General

Vendor Intel AMD
Released August 1, 2019 January 6, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Ice Lake Zen+ (Picasso)
Model number i3-1005G1 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics G1 Radeon RX Vega 3

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 2
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 2 2
Total Threads 4 4
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 12x 26x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 4MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 4.94 billions
Fabrication process 10 nm 14 nm
Socket BGA-1526 FP5
TDP 15 W 12-25 W (configurable)
Peak temperature 100°C 95°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics G1 Radeon RX Vega 3
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 900 MHz 1200 MHz
Shading Units 256 192
TMUs 32 12
ROPs 4 8
Execution Units - 3
TGP 15 W 15 W
Max. Resolution 5120x3200 - 60 Hz 3840x2160 - 60 Hz
iGPU FLOPS
0.54 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-3733 DDR4-2400
Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official site Intel Core i3 1005G1 official page AMD Ryzen 3 3250U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes - 8
Extended instructions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512 -

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 3 3250U or Intel Core i3 1005G1?
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