AMD Ryzen 3 3300U vs Intel Core i5-8250U

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Combined performance score

i5-8250U
4.01
+7.2%

Core i5-8250U outperforms Ryzen 3 3300U by 7% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core i5-8250U and Ryzen 3 3300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking13171361
Place by popularity39not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5AMD Ryzen 3
Architecture codenameKaby Lake Refresh (2017−2019)Picasso (2019−2020)
Release date21 August 2017 (6 years old)6 January 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$297no data
Current price$668 (2.2x MSRP)$634

Technical specs

Core i5-8250U and Ryzen 3 3300U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads84
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm12 nm
Die size123 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-8250U and Ryzen 3 3300U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1356,FC-BGA1356FP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-8250U and Ryzen 3 3300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPP-no data
Smart Response+no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core i5-8250U and Ryzen 3 3300U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+no data
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-8250U and Ryzen 3 3300U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-8250U and Ryzen 3 3300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size32 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth37.5 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 620AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
Max video memory32 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+no data
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-8250U and Ryzen 3 3300U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data
DVI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-8250U and Ryzen 3 3300U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-8250U and Ryzen 3 3300U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-8250U and Ryzen 3 3300U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1212

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-8250U 4.01
+7.2%
Ryzen 3 3300U 3.74

Core i5-8250U outperforms Ryzen 3 3300U by 7% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i5-8250U 6158
+7.1%
Ryzen 3 3300U 5748

Core i5-8250U outperforms Ryzen 3 3300U by 7% in Passmark.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i5-8250U 5533
+29.3%
Ryzen 3 3300U 4280

Core i5-8250U outperforms Ryzen 3 3300U by 29% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i5-8250U 17987
+45.6%
Ryzen 3 3300U 12357

Core i5-8250U outperforms Ryzen 3 3300U by 46% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i5-8250U 6348
+46.5%
Ryzen 3 3300U 4332

Core i5-8250U outperforms Ryzen 3 3300U by 47% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

i5-8250U 8.06
+48.1%
Ryzen 3 3300U 11.94

Ryzen 3 3300U outperforms Core i5-8250U by 48% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i5-8250U 562
+19.3%
Ryzen 3 3300U 471

Core i5-8250U outperforms Ryzen 3 3300U by 19% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i5-8250U 143
+6.7%
Ryzen 3 3300U 134

Core i5-8250U outperforms Ryzen 3 3300U by 7% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-8250U 3.5
+29.6%
Ryzen 3 3300U 2.7

Core i5-8250U outperforms Ryzen 3 3300U by 30% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-8250U 3991
+66.4%
Ryzen 3 3300U 2398

Core i5-8250U outperforms Ryzen 3 3300U by 66% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-8250U 138
+4.1%
Ryzen 3 3300U 132

Core i5-8250U outperforms Ryzen 3 3300U by 4% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-8250U 32
+22%
Ryzen 3 3300U 26

Core i5-8250U outperforms Ryzen 3 3300U by 22% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i5-8250U 3242
Ryzen 3 3300U 3469
+7%

Ryzen 3 3300U outperforms Core i5-8250U by 7% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i5-8250U 12742
+25.3%
Ryzen 3 3300U 10170

Core i5-8250U outperforms Ryzen 3 3300U by 25% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

i5-8250U 12131
+18.7%
Ryzen 3 3300U 10223

Core i5-8250U outperforms Ryzen 3 3300U by 19% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

i5-8250U 4029
+9.7%
Ryzen 3 3300U 3672

Core i5-8250U outperforms Ryzen 3 3300U by 10% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.01 3.74
Integrated graphics card 2.41 3.03
Recency 21 August 2017 6 January 2019
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm

We couldn't decide between Core i5-8250U and Ryzen 3 3300U. The differences in performance seem too small.


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