Intel Core i3-3250 - Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Intel Core i3-3250 has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the Intel Core i3 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1155 socket and was released in Q2/2013.
 CPU lineage |
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| Name: | Intel Core i3-3250 |
| Family: | Intel Core i3 |
| CPU group: | Intel Core i 3000 |
| Segment: | Desktop / Server |
| Generation: | 3 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | -- |
 CPU Cores and Base Frequency |
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| CPU Cores / Threads: | 2 / 4 |
| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 2x |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | Yes |
| Overclocking: | No |
| Frequency: | 3.50 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | -- |
| Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): | -- |
 Internal Graphics |
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| GPU name: | Intel HD Graphics 2500 |
| GPU frequency: | 0.65 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 1.05 GHz |
| Execution units: | 6 |
| Shader: | 48 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | -- |
| Max. displays: | 3 |
| Generation: | 7 |
| Direct X: | 11.0 |
| Technology: | 22 nm |
| Release date: | Q2/2012 |
 Hardware codec support |
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| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | No |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | No |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | No |
| VP9: | No |
| AV1: | No |
| AVC: | Decode / Encode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode |
 Memory & PCIe |
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| Memory type: | DDR3-1600 |
| Max. Memory: | |
| Memory channels: | 2 |
| Bandwidth: | -- |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
 Thermal Management |
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| TDP (PL1): | 55 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
 Technical details |
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| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | 3.00 MB |
| Architecture: | Ivy Bridge S |
| Technology: | 22 nm |
| Virtualization: | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| Socket: | LGA 1155 |
| Release date: | Q2/2013 |
| Part Number: | -- |
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-3250 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
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.
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Intel Core i7-5500U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-5550U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3240
2C 2T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3250
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4712HQ
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8153
16C 32T @ 2.00 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i3-4350T
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Atom x6413E
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4210M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3250
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-5500U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-5550U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Atom x6413E
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Atom x6425E
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Celeron N6211
2C 2T @ 1.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3250
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4600U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Athlon II X4 651
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 651K
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4650U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3250
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-8210Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
8C 8T @ 2.45 GHz |
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AMD A8-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Celeron G1610
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.05 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G2010
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.05 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G2020
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.05 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3250
Intel HD Graphics 2500 @ 1.05 GHz |
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MediaTek Helio P70
ARM Mali-G72 MP3 @ 0.90 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 2117U
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 997
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.00 GHz |
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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.|
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AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4578U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3250
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6600U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 975
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 3 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.|
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Intel Core i5-4210M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-2400
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3250
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4130T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4200M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4258U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 3 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.|
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AMD A10-7700K
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4650U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G4400
2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3250
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5450
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4200M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4130T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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Intel Core i5-4310M
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core m7-6Y75
2C 4T @ 1.20 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3250
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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AMD Epyc 7301
16C 32T @ 2.20 GHz |
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AMD Epyc 7281
16C 32T @ 2.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4160
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Core i7-5600U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-5650U
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-5257U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3250
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4350T
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 740
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6360U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The iGPU test uses the CPU internal graphic unit to execute OpenGL commands.|
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Intel Core i5-4200Y
2C 4T @ 1.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4210Y
2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3250T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3250
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G2010
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Pentium N3530
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz |
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