AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Pentium Silver N5000

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AMD Ryzen 3 3250U CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Silver N5000
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U Intel Pentium Silver N5000

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U or Intel Pentium Silver N5000 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 3 3250U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 3 3250U was released in Q1/2020.

The Intel Pentium Silver N5000 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Silver N5000 was released in Q4/2017.
AMD Ryzen 3 (33) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD Ryzen 3000U (2) CPU group Intel Pentium J5000/N5000 (4)
2 Generation 9
Dali (Zen+) Architecture Gemini Lake
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Pentium Silver N6000

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 3 3250U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 3 3250U is 2.60 GHz (3.50 GHz) while the Intel Pentium Silver N5000 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Silver N5000 is at 1.10 GHz (2.70 GHz).

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N5000
2 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.60 GHz Frequency 1.10 GHz
3.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.70 GHz
2.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.70 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N5000
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD Ryzen 3 3250U or Intel Pentium Silver N5000 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) GPU Intel UHD Graphics 605
1.00 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.75 GHz
8 GPU Generation 9.5
14 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
3 Compute units 18
192 Shader 144
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

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.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) GPU Intel UHD Graphics 605
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 3 3250U can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Pentium Silver N5000 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N5000
Memory , DDR4-2400
32 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Yes ECC No
1.00 MB L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
8 PCIe lanes 6
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 3.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 3 3250U is 15 W, while the Intel Pentium Silver N5000 has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N5000
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
25 W TDP up --
12 W TDP down 4.8 W
95 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 3 3250U is manufactured in 14 nm and has 5.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium Silver N5000 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N5000
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
FP5 Socket BGA 1090
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2020 Release date Q4/2017
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 6 CPU benchmarks

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.
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
783 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5000 Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
434 (55%)

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.
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1632 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5000 Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1304 (80%)

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.
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
932 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5000 Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
364 (39%)

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.
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1588 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5000 Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
965 (61%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
309 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5000 Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
171 (55%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
751 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5000 Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
482 (64%)

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.
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz
384 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5000 Intel Pentium Silver N5000
Intel UHD Graphics 605 @ 0.75 GHz
216 (56%)

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.
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
3859 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5000 Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
2589 (67%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
827 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5000 Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
740 (89%)

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.
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
138 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5000 Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
78 (57%)

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.
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
344 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5000 Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
248 (72%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
22 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N5000 Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U Intel Pentium Silver N5000
Acer Aspire 3 (A314-22-R0YJ)
ASUS VivoBook 15 F512DA (90NB0LZ3-M22030)
Laptops
ASUS VivoBook 14 N5000
Acer Swift 1 N5000
MEDION Notebook N5000
Lenovo IdeaPad N5000

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