AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs AMD FX-6350

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 3250U and AMD FX-6350 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 56% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 61°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm SOI
  • 8.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1749 vs 1574
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 Jan 2020 vs April 2013
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 61°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm SOI
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 125 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1749 vs 1574

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-6350

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 6 vs 4
  • Around 20% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4621 vs 3766
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Number of threads 6 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
L1 cache 288 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache 6 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache 8 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 4621 vs 3766

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
CPU 2: AMD FX-6350

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1749
1574
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3766
4621
Name AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD FX-6350
PassMark - Single thread mark 1749 1574
PassMark - CPU mark 3766 4621
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 551
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2117
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 18.143
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.179

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD FX-6350

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Vishera
Family AMD Ryzen AMD FX-Series Processors
Launch date 6 Jan 2020 April 2013
OPN Tray YM3250C4T2OFG FD6350FRW6KHK
Place in performance rating 1472 2655
Series AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics AMD FX 6-Core Black Edition Processors
Vertical segment Laptop Desktop
OPN PIB FD6350FRHKBOX
Price now $129.99
Value for money (0-100) 15.84

Performance

Base frequency 2.6 GHz 3.9 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB 288 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 6 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm SOI
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 61°C
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 4.2 GHz
Number of cores 2 6
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 6
64 bit support
Die size 315 mm
P0 Vcore voltage Min: 1.25 V - Max: 1.4125 V
Transistor count 1200 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz

Graphics

Execution Units 3
Graphics base frequency 1200 MHz
Number of pipelines 192
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 3

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 12-25 Watt
Sockets supported FP5 AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 125 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

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

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)