AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 3250U and AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Launch date 6 Jan 2020 vs 26 October 2017

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1816 vs 1771
  • Around 71% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6535 vs 3812
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1816 vs 1771
PassMark - CPU mark 6535 vs 3812

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1771
1816
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3812
6535
Name AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
PassMark - Single thread mark 1771 1816
PassMark - CPU mark 3812 6535
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 661
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2341
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.657
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 270.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 88.733
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2240
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2240

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Zen
Family AMD Ryzen AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch date 6 Jan 2020 26 October 2017
OPN Tray YM3250C4T2OFG YM2500C4T4MFB
Place in performance rating 1452 1466
Series AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
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 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of GPU cores 3 8
Number of threads 4 8
64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
Transistor count 4500 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 2400 MHz

Graphics

Execution Units 3
Graphics base frequency 1200 MHz
Number of pipelines 192
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 3 Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Graphics max frequency 1100 MHz
iGPU core count 8

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 12-25 Watt 12-25 Watt
Sockets supported FP5 FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Solution Not included

Peripherals

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

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Video Core Next (VCN)

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)