AMD Ryzen 5 3550U vs AMD Ryzen 3 2300U

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3550U and AMD Ryzen 3 2300U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3550U

  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2053 vs 1750
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7681 vs 5529
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2053 vs 1750
PassMark - CPU mark 7681 vs 5529

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 2300U

  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3550U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 2300U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2053
1750
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7681
5529
Name AMD Ryzen 5 3550U AMD Ryzen 3 2300U
PassMark - Single thread mark 2053 1750
PassMark - CPU mark 7681 5529
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 724
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 22.001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 376.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.94
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 29.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 90.909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 3550U AMD Ryzen 3 2300U

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Zen
Launch date Q1 2020 8 January 2018
Place in performance rating 1098 820
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Family AMD Ryzen Processors
OPN Tray YM2300C4T4MFB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics

Performance

Base frequency 2.10 GHz 2 GHz
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 8 4
64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 2 MB
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Number of GPU cores 6
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 8
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max frequency 1200 MHz 1100 MHz
Number of pipelines 512
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 8 Graphics Radeon Vega 6 Graphics
iGPU core count 6

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP5 FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt
Configurable TDP 12-25 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

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)