Product Compare

Intel Core i5 8250U vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

	CPU Intel Core i5 8250U	CPU AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
General Parameters
Release Date	Aug 2017	Mar 2025
Manufacturer	Intel	Amd
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Kaby Lake R	Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Processor Number	i5-8250U	9950X3D
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 620	Radeon Graphics
Generation		Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Series		Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	4 nm
Socket	BGA-1356	AM5
Power Consumption	15 W	170 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	95 °C
Transistor Count		16.6 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption		230 W
Foundry		TSMC
Die Size		2x70.6 mm²
I/O Process Size		6 nm
I/O Die Size		122 mm²
Package		FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	16
Performance Core Threads	8	32
Performance Core Base Frequency	1.6 GHz	4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	3.4 GHz	5.7 GHz
Total Core Count	4	16
Total Thread Count	8	32
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	16x	43
L1 Cache	64 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	6 MB shared	128 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
SMP		1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133	DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size	32 GB	192 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	37.5 GB/s	89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1100 MHz	2200 MHz
Shader Units	192	128
Texture Units	24	8
Raster Operation Units	3	4
Execution Units	24	2
Power Consumption	15 W	15
Max Resolution	4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	12	28
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	898	2240
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	3085	42369
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1191	3473
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	3252	22539
Blender	53	808
Passmark CPU Single Core	1905	4731
Passmark CPU Multi Core	5888	70009