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Intel Core i3-3250 vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 68 %
Intel Core i3-3250
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 22 %
Intel Core i3-3250
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-3250
2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz
610
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz
1,117
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-3250
2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz
1,272
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz
5,478
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-3250
2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz
687
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz
852
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-3250
2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz
1,577
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz
5,816
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-3250
2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz
122 cb
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz
151 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-3250
2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz
310 cb
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz
1,403 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-3250AMD Ryzen 7 1700
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)AMD Ryzen 7 (79)
CPU groupIntel Core i 3000 (31)AMD Ryzen 1000 (15)
ArchitectureIvy Bridge SSummit Ridge (Zen)
Technology22 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1155AM4 (PGA 1331)
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-3250AMD Ryzen 7 1700
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 48 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 8x
Frequency: 3.50 GHz 3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.30 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache3.00 MB16.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-3250AMD Ryzen 7 1700
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 2500no iGPU
GPU frequency0.65 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 48 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology22 nm
Release dateQ2/2012

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-3250AMD Ryzen 7 1700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-3250AMD Ryzen 7 1700
MemoryDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe2.0 x 163.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s19.7 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-3250AMD Ryzen 7 1700
TDP55 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.95 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Intel Core i3-3250AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVXSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release dateQ2/2013Q1/2017
Release price117 $300 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-3250
Intel Core i3-3250
2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
8C / 16T · 3.00 - 3.70 GHz

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