Intel Core i5 8250U vs AMD Ryzen 3 2200G: performance comparison
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Intel Core i5 8250U
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
We compared two 4-core CPUs: the 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5 8250U (laptop) against the 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 3 2200G (desktop). On this page, you’ll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
- Review
- Differences
- Performance
- Specs
- Comments
Review
General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Core i5 8250U
40
Ryzen 3 2200G
43
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Core i5 8250U
13
Ryzen 3 2200G
15
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
Core i5 8250U
50
Ryzen 3 2200G
45
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Core i5 8250U
31
Ryzen 3 2200G
36
Key Differences
What are the key differences between 2200G and 8250U
Advantages of Intel Core i5 8250U
- Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
- Unlocked multiplier
- Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-2933 RAM
- Around 6.
21 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Newer — released 6-months later
- 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (3.7 GHz vs 3.4 GHz)
Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Core i5 8250U
898
Ryzen 3 2200G
+5%
941
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 8250U
3071
Ryzen 3 2200G
+16%
3567
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 8250U
1915
Ryzen 3 2200G
+7%
2049
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 8250U
5872
Ryzen 3 2200G
+15%
6745
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Core i5 8250U
859
Ryzen 3 2200G
+5%
901
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 8250U
2835
Ryzen 3 2200G
+8%
3057
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Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 8250U and AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
General
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | August 21, 2017 | February 12, 2018 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | — | Zen (Raven Ridge) |
| Model number | i5-8250U | — |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 620 | Radeon Vega 8 |
| P-Cores | 4 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1. |
3.5 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 3.4 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Total Cores | 4 | 4 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 16x | 35x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 4 GT/s | — |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 128K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 6MB (shared) | 4MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | — | 4. |
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Socket | BGA-1356 | AM4 |
| TDP | 15 W | 65 W |
| Peak temperature | 100°C | 95°C |
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 620 | Radeon Vega 8 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1100 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Shading Units | 192 | 512 |
| TMUs | 24 | 32 |
| ROPs | 3 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 24 | 8 |
| TGP | 15 W | 65 W |
| Max. |
4096×2304 — 60 Hz | 3840×2160 — 60 Hz |
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 8250U
0.38 TFLOPS
Ryzen 3 2200G
1.13 TFLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133 | DDR4-2933 |
| Memory Size | 32 GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 37.5 GB/s | 43.71 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
| Official site | Intel Core i5 8250U official page | AMD Ryzen 3 2200G official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 12 | 12 |
| Extended instructions | SSE4. |