AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Core i7-4860EQ

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 3250U and Intel Core i7-4860EQ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 47 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1771 vs 1754
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 Jan 2020 vs August 2013
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 47 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1771 vs 1754

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4860EQ

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 95 °C
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5500 vs 3812
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 100 °C vs 95 °C
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 5500 vs 3812

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4860EQ

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1771
1754
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3812
5500
Name AMD Ryzen 3 3250U Intel Core i7-4860EQ
PassMark - Single thread mark 1771 1754
PassMark - CPU mark 3812 5500
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 143.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 14.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 25.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 11.798

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U Intel Core i7-4860EQ

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Crystal Well
Family AMD Ryzen
Launch date 6 Jan 2020 August 2013
OPN Tray YM3250C4T2OFG
Place in performance rating 1452 1457
Series AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

Base frequency 2.6 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 4 MB 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 100 °C
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 3.2 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 8
64 bit support
Die size 264 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 100 °C
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 35.76 GB/s 25.6 GB / s
Maximum memory size 32 GB 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600
ECC memory support

Graphics

Execution Units 3
Graphics base frequency 1200 MHz
Number of pipelines 192
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 3 Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
Graphics max frequency 1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
eDP
Number of displays supported 3
VGA

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 12-25 Watt
Sockets supported FP5 FCBGA1364
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 47 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 12 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x8+1x4

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions SSE4.1 / 4.2, AVX 2.0
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)