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).

 

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 48% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1772 vs 1194
  • Around 66% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3805 vs 2292
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 1772 vs 1194
PassMark - CPU mark 3805 vs 2292

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
1772
1194
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3805
2292
Name AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD PRO A8-9600B
PassMark - Single thread mark 1772 1194
PassMark - CPU mark 3805 2292
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 1454 1475
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
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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