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Intel Core i3-3250 vs Intel Celeron 3855U

Last updated: 2026-02-02

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-3250

Rank 2 - 61 %

Intel Celeron 3855U

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-3250

Rank 2 - 52 %

Intel Celeron 3855U

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

610

2C / 2T · 1.60 GHz

361

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

1,272

2C / 2T · 1.60 GHz

632

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

2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

687

2C / 2T · 1.60 GHz

430

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

2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

1,577

2C / 2T · 1.60 GHz

848

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 2500

101

Intel HD Graphics 510

173

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

122 cb

2C / 2T · 1.60 GHz

68 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

310 cb

2C / 2T · 1.60 GHz

127 cb

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

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

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	Intel Celeron 3855U
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Celeron (165)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000 (31)	Intel Celeron 3000 (10)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge S	Kaby Lake U
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	Intel Celeron 3855U
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	2 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	2x
Frequency:	3.50 GHz	1.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	2.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	Intel Celeron 3855U
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	Intel HD Graphics 510
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.05 GHz	0.30 - 0.90 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	12 / 96
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	32 GB
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q2/2012	Q1/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	Intel Celeron 3855U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	Intel Celeron 3855U
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) LPDDR3-1866 (15.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 16	2.0 x 10
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	5.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	Intel Celeron 3855U
TDP	55 W	15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down		10 W
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3250	Intel Celeron 3855U
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date	Q2/2013	Q4/2015
Release price	117 $	107 $
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 Intel Celeron 3855U has received 2.6 stars (8 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-3250
2C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Celeron 3855U
2C / 2T · 1.60 GHz

★★★★★