i7-1185G7 vs Ryzen 3 3250U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 3250U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.49
Core i7-1185G7
2020
4 cores / 8 threads, 28 Watt
6.78
+172%

Core i7-1185G7 outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by a whopping 172% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 3250U and Core i7-1185G7 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17621034
Place by popularity78not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3Intel Tiger Lake
Power efficiency15.1422.08
Architecture codenamePicasso (2019−2022)Tiger Lake-UP3 (2020−2021)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)2 September 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 3250U and Core i7-1185G7 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed2.6 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.8 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplier26no data
L1 cache192 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm SuperFin
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 3250U and Core i7-1185G7 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
SocketFP5FCBGA1449
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Core i7-1185G7. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 3250U and Core i7-1185G7 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Core i7-1185G7 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Core i7-1185G7. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 3Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.35 GHz
Execution Unitsno data96

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 3250U and Core i7-1185G7 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Core i7-1185G7 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680x4320@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Core i7-1185G7 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Core i7-1185G7.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1216

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 2.49
i7-1185G7 6.78
+172%

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 3811
i7-1185G7 10380
+172%

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 749
i7-1185G7 1740
+132%

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 1454
i7-1185G7 5329
+267%

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 4088
i7-1185G7 8872
+117%

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 10251
i7-1185G7 27025
+164%

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 3966
i7-1185G7 9108
+130%

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 14.5
i7-1185G7 5.78
+151%

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 4
i7-1185G7 9
+136%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 3 3250U 353
i7-1185G7 866
+145%

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 122
i7-1185G7 217
+78.5%

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 1.46
i7-1185G7 2.54
+74%

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 1.9
i7-1185G7 5.8
+205%

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.  

Ryzen 3 3250U 21
i7-1185G7 47
+121%

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.  

Ryzen 3 3250U 101
i7-1185G7 199
+96.8%

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 1710
i7-1185G7 6045
+254%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 3 3250U 1662
i7-1185G7 5550
+234%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 3 3250U 1399
+142%
i7-1185G7 579

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 3 3250U 824
i7-1185G7 1529
+85.6%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 3 3250U 3291
i7-1185G7 5153
+56.6%

7-Zip

Ryzen 3 3250U 9063
i7-1185G7 23471
+159%

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 3 3250U 140
i7-1185G7 253
+80.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.49 6.78
Recency 6 January 2020 2 September 2020
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 28 Watt

Ryzen 3 3250U has 86.7% lower power consumption.

i7-1185G7, on the other hand, has a 172.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i7-1185G7 is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 3 3250U in performance tests.


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