Intel Pentium Silver A1030 vs AMD Ryzen 3 3250C

Processor comparisons   28-06-2021
   You may have difficulties with the choice of a processor, you will solve them by reading the comprehensive tests Intel Pentium Silver A1030 vs AMD Ryzen 3 3250C and understand which is better for games or normal use for video editing, rendering, machine learning, programming, streaming. Here is all information from different benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A thorough review of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in synthetic type tests like Blender, UserBenchmark, Blender, PCMark 10, DaVinci Resolve Studio, AIDA64, VeraCrypt, Gears 5, WPrime, SuperPi, GeekBench 6, 5.2, RealBench, Furmark, 7zip, Handbrake, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, PassMark, MATLAB, Prime95, 3DMark, Dolphin Emulator.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

Rainbow Six Siege
Grand Theft Auto V
Overwatch
Valheim
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Cyberpunk 2077
Death Stranding
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
DOOM: Eternal
Watch Dogs Legion
Last Man Standing
Valorant
Halo Infinite
Apex Legends
Fallout 76
Red Dead Redemption 2
Borderlands 3
Fortnite
Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare

After looking at the data of joint benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 3 3250C or Intel Pentium Silver A1030.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Pentium Silver A1030

51%

Ryzen 3 3250C

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Silver A1030

51%

Ryzen 3 3250C

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a small game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Monster Hunter World, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Forza Horizon 4, Half-Life: Alyx, Control, Hitman 3, Ghostrunner, League of Legends (LOL), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, DOTA 2A, Metro Exodus, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Horizon Zero Dawn, Battlefield V, NBA 2K20.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.8	89.9
Valorant	102.0	102.1
Cyberpunk 2077	57.1	57.2
Apex Legends	95.9	96.0
Call of Duty Warzone	76.5	76.6
Overwatch	82.6	82.7
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.4	70.5
DOOM Eternal	51.0	51.1
Warzone	79.6	79.6
Assassin's Creed	85.7	85.8
Valheim	84.7	84.8

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Pentium Silver A1030

120%

Ryzen 3 3250C

193%

To make a final choice on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 3 3250C is more energy efficient than the Pentium Silver A1030 as it consumes less power: 15W vs. 15W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you must know its TDP. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, programming, streaming, video editing or video rendering, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum efficiency, the processor turns on all cores and threads that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to run, and all the advantages of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Pentium Silver A1030	AMD Ryzen 3 3250C
Cinbench 15 Single-core	88	142
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	294	354
Cinbench 20 Single-core	183	318
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	678	774
Cinbench 23 Single-core	581	573
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2150	2346

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Pentium Silver A1030	AMD Ryzen 3 3250C
Single-Core	1314	1946
Multi-Core	3477	4330

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Pentium Silver A1030	AMD Ryzen 3 3250C
Single-Core	543	871
Multi-Core	1738	1825

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. The economy are obvious! It turns out that there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Pentium Silver A1030	AMD Ryzen 3 3250C
Announcement date	January 01, 2020	September 22, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1090	FP5
Core name	Gemini Lake	Dali
Architecture	x86	Zen
Generation		1
Turbo Frequency	2.7 MHz	3.5 MHz
Frequency	2 MHz	2.6 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1000 millions	3800 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s
Max. Memory	8 Gb
Memory Frequency
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache		192KB
L2 cache		1MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number		YM325CC4T2OFG

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 3 3250C is 23% better than Pentium Silver A1030 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver A1030 has 2 more core than Ryzen 3 3250C. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Silver A1030 is better: 3
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 3 3250C is better: 27
Although it should be realized that all the data that you have looked at here do not mean that taking them into account you should completely trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the testing video and read the opinion of real owners of Intel Pentium Silver A1030 and AMD Ryzen 3 3250C before making a selection which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Pentium Silver A1030 - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Pentium Silver A1030 specs and review.

AMD Ryzen 3 3250C - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Ryzen 3 3250C specs and review.