Intel Core i5 1240U vs AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

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We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i5 1240U with 10 cores 1.1GHz and AMD Ryzen 3 3250U with 2 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i5 1240U 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 1 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2400)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 38.4GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 4MB)

Lower TDP (9W vs 12W)

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 1.1GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 1240U +140%

2213

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

920

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 1240U +323%

7583

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

1791

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i5 1240U +95%

1639

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

838

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 1240U +307%

6388

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

1569

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i5 1240U +79%

3223

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

1798

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i5 1240U +268%

14269

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

3870

Intel Core i5 1240U

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AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

General Parameters

Feb 2022

Release Date

Jan 2020

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Alder Lake-U

Core Architecture

Zen+

i5-1240U

Processor Number

-

BGA-1781

Socket

FP5

Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon RX Vega 3

Package

-

Transistor Count

4.94 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

BGA-1781

Socket

FP5

9 W

Power Consumption

12-25 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

2

Performance Cores

2

-

Performance Core Threads

4

1.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

-

10

Total Core Count

2

12

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

11x

Multiplier

26x

80 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

1280 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

12 MB shared

L3 Cache

4 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267

Memory Types

DDR4-2400

64 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

38.4 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

300 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

900 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 MHz

640

Shader Units

192

40

Texture Units

12

20

Raster Operation Units

8

80

Execution Units

3

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

3840x2160 - 60 Hz

1.41 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.54 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 1240U

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

14

PCIe Lanes

8

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