Ryzen 3 3250U vs i7-10700

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Aggregate performance score

Core i7-10700
2020
8 cores / 16 threads, 65 Watt
10.71
+330%

Core i7-10700 outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by a whopping 330% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-10700 and Ryzen 3 3250U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking7431762
Place by popularitynot in top-10078
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.80no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 3
Power efficiency15.0215.14
Architecture codenameComet Lake (2020)Picasso (2019−2022)
Release date30 April 2020 (4 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$340no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i7-10700 and Ryzen 3 3250U 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads164
Base clock speed2.9 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.8 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data26
L1 cache64K (per core)192 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data246 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-10700 and Ryzen 3 3250U 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
SocketFCLGA1200FP5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-10700 and Ryzen 3 3250U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
SIPP+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Core i7-10700 and Ryzen 3 3250U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-10700 and Ryzen 3 3250U 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 i7-10700 and Ryzen 3 3250U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth45.8 GB/s38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 630AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.2 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-10700 and Ryzen 3 3250U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-10700 and Ryzen 3 3250U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2160@30Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096 x 2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-10700 and Ryzen 3 3250U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-10700 and Ryzen 3 3250U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1612

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.

i7-10700 10.71
+330%
Ryzen 3 3250U 2.49

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.

i7-10700 16386
+330%
Ryzen 3 3250U 3811

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i7-10700 1634
+118%
Ryzen 3 3250U 749

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i7-10700 7192
+395%
Ryzen 3 3250U 1454

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.

i7-10700 7611
+86.2%
Ryzen 3 3250U 4088

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.

i7-10700 41156
+301%
Ryzen 3 3250U 10251

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.

i7-10700 3.26
+345%
Ryzen 3 3250U 14.5

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i7-10700 17
+323%
Ryzen 3 3250U 4

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

i7-10700 1455
+312%
Ryzen 3 3250U 353

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.

i7-10700 196
+61.2%
Ryzen 3 3250U 122

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark 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 loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i7-10700 2.26
+54.8%
Ryzen 3 3250U 1.46

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.

i7-10700 10.3
+442%
Ryzen 3 3250U 1.9

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.  

i7-10700 85
+302%
Ryzen 3 3250U 21

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.  

i7-10700 236
+134%
Ryzen 3 3250U 101

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.

i7-10700 6555
+283%
Ryzen 3 3250U 1710

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i7-10700 8173
+392%
Ryzen 3 3250U 1662

Blender(-)

i7-10700 315
Ryzen 3 3250U 1399
+344%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

i7-10700 1299
+57.6%
Ryzen 3 3250U 824

7-Zip Single

i7-10700 5293
+60.8%
Ryzen 3 3250U 3291

7-Zip

i7-10700 43007
+375%
Ryzen 3 3250U 9063

WebXPRT 3

i7-10700 244
+74.1%
Ryzen 3 3250U 140

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.71 2.49
Integrated graphics card 3.09 2.98
Recency 30 April 2020 6 January 2020
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 4
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

i7-10700 has a 330.1% higher aggregate performance score, 3.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 months, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Ryzen 3 3250U, on the other hand, has 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Core i7-10700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 3 3250U in performance tests.

Note that Core i7-10700 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 3 3250U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i7-10700 and Ryzen 3 3250U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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