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Intel Core i3-3250 vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Last updated: 2026-04-08

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 50 %

Intel Core i3-3250

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 28 %

Intel Core i3-3250

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

610

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,519

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

1,272

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

5,272

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

687

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,134

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

1,577

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,265

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	AMD Ryzen 3 (34)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000 (31)	AMD Ryzen 4000G (26)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge S	Renoir (Zen 2)
Technology	22 nm	7 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1155	AM4 (PGA 1331)
Predecessor		AMD Ryzen 3 3100
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x Zen 2
Frequency:	3.50 GHz	3.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):		4.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache		2.00 MB
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
Technology	22 nm
Release date	Q2/2012

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	2.0 x 16	3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
TDP	55 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down		45 W
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q2/2013	Q2/2022
Release price	117 $	99 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-3250 is 4.4 stars (5 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 3 4100 has received 4.4 stars (23 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-3250
2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 3 4100
4C / 8T · 3.80 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★