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Intel Core i3 1005G1 vs AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

29 out of 100
Intel Core i3 1005G1
VS
24 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
Intel Core i3 1005G1
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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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 power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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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
  • 36% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1333 vs 977 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
  • Newer - released 5 months later
  • 3% higher Turbo Boost frequency (3.5 GHz vs 3.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 1005G1
vs
Ryzen 3 3250U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1005G1 +56%
2662
Ryzen 3 3250U
1703
File compression 173.3 MB/sec 196.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 14.5 Klines/sec 11.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 56.4 pages/sec 43.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 82.5 Mpixels/sec 56.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 118.8 pages/sec 68.5 pages/sec
Background blur 13 images/sec 6.54 images/sec
Photo processing 31.5 images/sec 17.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.52 Mpixels/sec 2.66 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 875 & 1001 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i3 1005G1 +26%
2138
Ryzen 3 3250U
1699
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 1005G1 +31%
4801
Ryzen 3 3250U
3676
Integer math 14.6 GOps/sec 12.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 8.9 GOps/sec 6.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 15M Primes/sec 13M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 6.4M Strings/sec 5.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 2.7 GBytes/sec 3.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 52.7 MBytes/sec 48 MBytes/sec
Physics 333 Frames/sec 234 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 3.8B Matrices/sec 3.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2508 & 1450 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 1005G1
19.56
Ryzen 3 3250U +10%
21.52

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9 PPW 4.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 177.5 PPW 68.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 320.1 PPW 147 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.3 PPW 0.86 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

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
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#189th place)

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
TDP (PL1) 15 W 12-25 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1526 FP5
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 16 12
ROPs 8 4
Execution Units 32 3
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i3 1005G1
0.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen 3 3250U
0.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 3 compared to UHD Graphics G1

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-3733		 - DDR4-2400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
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

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Comments

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