AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs AMD PRO A8-9600B

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 3250U and AMD PRO A8-9600B 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

AMD PRO A8-9600B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1749 vs 1153
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3766 vs 2203

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jan 2020 vs 10/24/2016
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1749 vs 1153
PassMark - CPU mark	3766 vs 2203

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A8-9600B

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	4 vs 2
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
CPU 2: AMD PRO A8-9600B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1749

1153

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3766

2203

Name	AMD Ryzen 3 3250U	AMD PRO A8-9600B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1749	1153
PassMark - CPU mark	3766	2203
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		427
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		12.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		231.224
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		19.579
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		57.356

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 3 3250U	AMD PRO A8-9600B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Bristol Ridge
Family	AMD Ryzen	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	6 Jan 2020	10/24/2016
OPN Tray	YM3250C4T2OFG	AM960BADY44AB
Place in performance rating	1472	1483
Series	AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics	AMD PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
Base frequency	2.6 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	90°C
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	3.3 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3	6
Number of threads	4	4
64 bit support
Die size		250 mm
Transistor count		3100 Million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		1866 MHz
Graphics
Execution Units	3
Graphics base frequency	1200 MHz
Number of pipelines	192
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3	R5
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		720 MHz
iGPU core count		6
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.6
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	12-25 Watt	12 Watt/15 Watt
Sockets supported	FP5	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	12	8
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x8+1x4
Advanced Technologies
AMD Secure technology
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0