AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs AMD Athlon 300U

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 3250U and AMD Athlon 300U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz vs 3.3 GHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300U

  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 95 °C
  • Around 1% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3867 vs 3805
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 105°C vs 95 °C
L1 cache 193 KB vs 192 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1774 vs 1772
PassMark - CPU mark 3867 vs 3805

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 300U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1772
1774
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3805
3867
Name AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Athlon 300U
PassMark - Single thread mark 1772 1774
PassMark - CPU mark 3805 3867

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Athlon 300U

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen
Family AMD Ryzen AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date 6 Jan 2020
OPN Tray YM3250C4T2OFG YM300UC4T2OFG
Place in performance rating 1454 1457
Series AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics AMD Athlon Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

Base frequency 2.6 GHz 2.4 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB 193 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 105°C
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 3.3 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of GPU cores 3 3
Number of threads 4 4
Compute Cores 5
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Graphics

Execution Units 3
Graphics base frequency 1200 MHz
Number of pipelines 192
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 3 Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
Graphics max frequency 1000 MHz
iGPU core count 3

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 12-25 Watt
Sockets supported FP5 FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 12
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x8+1x4

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
FreeSync