Intel Core i3-3250T Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i3-3250T has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the Intel Core i3 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1155 socket and was released in Q2/2013. The Intel Core i3-3250T scores 559 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,278 points.
Intel Core i3-3250T

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i3-3250T. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i3-3250T.

Name: Intel Core i3-3250T
Family: Intel Core i3 (202)
CPU group: Intel Core i 3000 (31)
Architecture: Ivy Bridge S
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 3
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-3250T has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-3250T is 3.00 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 2 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 3.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): --
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i3-3250T has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i3-3250T uses the Intel HD Graphics 2500, which has 48 texture shaders and 6 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 2500
GPU frequency: 0.65 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.05 GHz
Compute units: 6
Shader: 48
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q2/2012
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 7
Direct X: 11.0
Technology: 22 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 2 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

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

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR3-1600
25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory: 32 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 35 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-3250T is made in 22 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 3.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 22 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 1155
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 3.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date: Q2/2013
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-3250T have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Celeron 4305UE Intel Celeron 4305UE
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
561
Intel Celeron 3965U Intel Celeron 3965U
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
560
Intel Core i3-5020U Intel Core i3-5020U
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
560
Intel Core i3-3250T Intel Core i3-3250T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
559
Intel Xeon Bronze 3204 Intel Xeon Bronze 3204
6C 6T @ 1.90 GHz
558
Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
558
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
558

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
MediaTek Helio G85 MediaTek Helio G85
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1283
Intel Core i3-2105 Intel Core i3-2105
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1280
Intel Atom C3538 Intel Atom C3538
4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
1279
Intel Core i3-3250T Intel Core i3-3250T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1278
AMD A12-9720P AMD A12-9720P
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
1278
Intel Core i7-3517UE Intel Core i7-3517UE
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
1278
Samsung Exynos 9611 Samsung Exynos 9611
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
1277

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i5-2520M Intel Core i5-2520M
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
549
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2
6C 12T @ 3.10 GHz
549
Intel Pentium G3450T Intel Pentium G3450T
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
547
Intel Core i3-3250T Intel Core i3-3250T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
541
Intel Core i7-930 Intel Core i7-930
4C 8T @ 3.06 GHz
541
Intel Core i5-3210M Intel Core i5-3210M
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
540
Intel Atom x6425E Intel Atom x6425E
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
539

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
HiSilicon Kirin 710A HiSilicon Kirin 710A
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1147
Intel Core i5-3610ME Intel Core i5-3610ME
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1144
MediaTek Helio X30 MediaTek Helio X30
10C 10T @ 2.60 GHz
1143
Intel Core i3-3250T Intel Core i3-3250T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1140
Intel Core i3-2120 Intel Core i3-2120
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1140
Intel Core i3-560 Intel Core i3-560
2C 4T @ 3.33 GHz
1136
Intel Celeron G3930 Intel Celeron G3930
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
1136

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Celeron G1610 Intel Celeron G1610
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.05 GHz
101
Intel Pentium G2010 Intel Pentium G2010
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.05 GHz
101
Intel Pentium G2020 Intel Pentium G2020
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.05 GHz
101
Intel Core i3-3250T Intel Core i3-3250T
Intel HD Graphics 2500 @ 1.05 GHz
101
MediaTek Helio P70 MediaTek Helio P70
ARM Mali-G72 MP3 @ 0.90 GHz
100
UNISOC T616 UNISOC T616
ARM Mali-G57 MP1 @ 0.75 GHz
96
Intel Pentium 2117U Intel Pentium 2117U
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.00 GHz
96

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Pentium N4200 Intel Pentium N4200
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2148
MediaTek Helio X27 MediaTek Helio X27
10C 10T @ 2.60 GHz
2139
AMD A4-5050 AMD A4-5050
4C 4T @ 1.55 GHz
2136
Intel Core i3-3250T Intel Core i3-3250T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2135
MediaTek Helio G37 MediaTek Helio G37
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
2134
AMD Phenom II X2 560 AMD Phenom II X2 560
2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz
2124
Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
2117

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-4460T Intel Core i5-4460T
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
105
Intel Pentium G3220T Intel Pentium G3220T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
105
Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4 Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4
14C 28T @ 2.50 GHz
104
Intel Core i3-3250T Intel Core i3-3250T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
103
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
103
Intel Core i5-4260U Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
103
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz
103

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-7Y57 Intel Core i5-7Y57
2C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
273
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
272
Intel Core i5-4278U Intel Core i5-4278U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
272
Intel Core i3-3250T Intel Core i3-3250T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
271
Intel Core i7-4510U Intel Core i7-4510U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
271
Intel Core i7-4550U Intel Core i7-4550U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
269
Intel Celeron G5920 Intel Celeron G5920
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
266

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