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AMD Ryzen 3 3350U vs Intel Core i3-390M

AMD Ryzen 3 3350U

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The AMD Ryzen 3 3350U is a mobile SoC that was announced in January 2019. It combines four Zen+ cores (no SMT / Hyperthreading so only 4 threads) clocked at 2.1 - 3.5 GHz with a Radeon RX Vega 6 graphics card with 6 CUs (384 Shaders) clocked at up to 1200 MHz. Specified at 15 Watt TDP, the SoC is intended for thin mid-range laptops. Compared to the similar Ryzen 3 3300U, the 3350U offers the same specifications according to AMD.

The Picasso SoCs use the Zen+ microarchitecture with slight improvements that should lead to a 3% IPS (performance per clock) improvements. Furthermore, the 12nm process allows higher clock rates at similar power consumptions.

The integrated dual-channel memory controller supports up to DDR4-2400 memory. As the features of the Picasso APUs are the same compared to the Raven Ridge predecessors, we point to our Raven Ridge launch article.

AMD states that the Picasso APUs are about 8% faster than the predecessors. Therefore, the Ryzen 3 3350U should be similar to the Ryzen 5 2500U (2 - 3.6 GHz but with SMT).

Intel Core i3-390M

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The Intel Core i3-390M is a middle class dual core CPU for laptops and clocks with 2.67 GHz. The difference to the Core i5 and i7 series is the lacking TurboBoost overclocking, and the missing AES, VT-d and Trusted Execution functions. Each core is based on the Nehalem (Westmere) micro-architecture. Hyperthreading enables the Dual Core CPU to handle 4 threads at once (for a better usage of the pipeline). 

A feature of the new Core i3-390M is the integrated graphics card called GMA HD and the memory controller. Both are on a separate die that is still manufactured in 45nm whereas the CPU die is already manufactured in the new 32nm process.

The performance of the Core i3-390M should be at a level of a 2.7-2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo (upper class CPUs in the last year). This is mainly due to the efficient HyperThreading function and the integrated memory controller. In single threaded applications it should be at least as fast, as a similar clocked Core 2 Duo.

The integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD (GMA HD) graphics card is known to be clocked up to 500-667 MHz (due to Turbo Boost) and should be clearly faster than the old GMA 4500MHD. The Core i5 and i7 models should still be a bit faster because of the higher max. clock speed of the GPU. The performance of the graphics in 3D should be on par with a Radeon HD 4200 but the driver support is usually worse.

The power consumption of 35 Watt TDP (max.) counts for the whole package and therefore it is clearly better than the 35 Watt TDP of the Core 2 Duo T-series (CPU alone).

ModelAMD Ryzen 3 3350UIntel Core i3-390M
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)Intel Core i3
CodenameZen+Arrandale
Series: Core i3 Arrandale
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U compare2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U compare2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 3350U « 2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 3300U compare2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U compare2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i3-390M « 2.67 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-380M compare2.53 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-370M compare2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-350M compare2.26 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-330M compare2.13 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-380UM compare1.33 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-330UM compare1.2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Clock2100 - 3500 MHz2667 MHz
L1 Cache384 KB
L2 Cache2 MB512 KB
L3 Cache4 MB3 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
TDP15 Watt35 Watt
Transistors4500 Million382+177 Million
Technology12 nm32 nm
max. Temp.105 °C90 (rPGA), 105 (BGA) °C
SocketAM4BGA1288, PGA988
FeaturesXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel HD Graphics (500-667MHz)
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comark.intel.com
FSB2500
Die Size81+114 mm2

Benchmarks

Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 390M +
2.2 Points (3%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
100%
1 390M +
2829 Points (17%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
1 390M +
6405 Points (5%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
100%
1 390M +
7623 Points (5%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
100%
1 390M +
3534 Points (4%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 390M +
682 s (8%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 390M +
22.5 s (5%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
1 390M +
2811 Points (6%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
1 390M +
17 s (4%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
1 390M +
40 s (2%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 390M +
941 s (4%)
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
100%
1 390M +
39140 MIPS (19%)
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
100%
1 390M +
27400 MFLOPS (21%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 CPU
100%
1 390M +
6.8 Points (87%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
864 Points (36%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
2455 Points (4%)

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)