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Intel Core i3-3250 vs Google Tensor

Last updated: 2026-05-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 53 %

Intel Core i3-3250

Rank 1 - 100 %

Google Tensor

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 45 %

Intel Core i3-3250

Rank 1 - 100 %

Google Tensor

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

610

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

1,494

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

1,272

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

3,639

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

2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

687

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

1,043

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

2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

1,577

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

2,915

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 2500

101

ARM Mali-G78 MP20

1,943

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 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

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	Google Tensor
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Google Tensor (5)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000 (31)	Google Tensor (1)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge S	G1
Technology	22 nm	5 nm
Segment	Desktop	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket	LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor		Google Tensor G2

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	Google Tensor
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x 3.50 GHz	2x Cortex-X1 2.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		2x Cortex-A76 2.25 GHz
Core Cluster 3:		4x Cortex-A55 1.80 GHz
L2-Cache		8.00 MB
L3-Cache	3.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	Google Tensor
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	ARM Mali-G78 MP20
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.05 GHz	0.76 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	20 / 320
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	1
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
Technology	22 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q2/2012	Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	Google Tensor
AI hardware		Google Tensor AI
AI specifications		Google Edge TPU @ 1.6 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	Google Tensor
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	LPDDR5-5500 (53.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	12 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	Google Tensor
TDP	55 W	10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	Google Tensor
Chip design	Monolithic	Unknown
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Android
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q2/2013	Q4/2021
Release price	117 $
Documents	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 Google Tensor has received 4.2 stars (78 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-3250
2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

★★★★★

Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

★★★★★