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.

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

AMD Athlon 300U

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 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1769 vs 1749
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3872 vs 3766

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 95 °C
L1 cache	193 KB vs 192 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1769 vs 1749
PassMark - CPU mark	3872 vs 3766

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1749

1769

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3766

3872

Name	AMD Ryzen 3 3250U	AMD Athlon 300U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1749	1769
PassMark - CPU mark	3766	3872

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	1472	1464
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