Intel Pentium G3250 @ 3.20GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium G3250 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the Intel Pentium G3250 @ 3.20GHz Good for Gaming?

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Intel Pentium G3250 @ 3.20GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: LGA1150

Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 53 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G3250 @ 3.20GHz, Intel Pentium CPU G3250 @ 3.20GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2014

CPUmark/$Price: 31.51

Overall Rank:
3521st fastest in multithreading out of 5489 CPUs
2140th fastest in single threading out of 5489 CPUs
994th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $63.80 USD (2025-06-13)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2010

Single Thread Rating

1803

Samples: 604*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,156
Thread: 1,871

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium G3250 @ 3.20GHz

Integer Math	7,002 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,400 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	15 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4,593 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	432.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	34,105 KBytes/Sec
Physics	201 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,277 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,803 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium G3250 @ 3.20GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 9th of December 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of December 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 12th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,550
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,355
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,952
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,147
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,546
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,108
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,684
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
Intel Pentium G3250 @ 3.20GHz		2,010

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 12th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		282.22
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		163.67
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
Intel Core i5-12400F		130.77
Intel Core i9-14900K		130.40
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.30
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
Intel Pentium G3250 @ 3.20GHz		31.51
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 12th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,696
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,889
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
Intel Pentium G3250 @ 3.20GHz		1,803

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium G3250 @ 3.20GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3086594 - Nov 27 2025		1885
BL3054503 - Nov 15 2025		662
BL3049383 - Nov 13 2025		2223
BL2947427 - Oct 02 2025		2083
BL2864002 - Aug 26 2025		1641

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium G3250 @ 3.20GHz
As of 12th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium G3250 @ 3.20GHz		2,010
Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Pentium G3250		2,065 (+2.7%)
AMD A4-6320 APU vs Intel Pentium G3250		1,532 (-23.8%)
Intel Pentium G3440 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Pentium G3250		2,202 (+9.5%)
Intel Celeron G1850 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Pentium G3250		1,907 (-5.1%)
Intel Pentium G3250T @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Pentium G3250		1,818 (-9.6%)
AMD A6-6400K APU vs Intel Pentium G3250		1,511 (-24.8%)
AMD A8-6500B APU vs Intel Pentium G3250		2,485 (+23.6%)
Intel Pentium G3260 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Pentium G3250		2,112 (+5.1%)
Intel Pentium G3420 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Pentium G3250		2,022 (+0.6%)
AMD A6-7400K APU vs Intel Pentium G3250		1,676 (-16.6%)
Intel Pentium G4400T @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Pentium G3250		2,323 (+15.6%)
Intel Pentium G3260T @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Pentium G3250		1,878 (-6.5%)

Is the Intel Pentium G3250 @ 3.20GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 12th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,446
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,255
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,797
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,513
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,447
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,267
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,680
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,476
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,413
Intel Pentium G3250 @ 3.20GHz		362

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