Ryzen 3 3250U vs Athlon 240GE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 240GE and Ryzen 3 3250U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1676	1783
Place by popularity	not in top-100	80
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.42	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon	AMD Ryzen 3
Power efficiency	7.70	15.13
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Picasso (2019−2022)
Release date	21 December 2018 (6 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$75	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon 240GE and Ryzen 3 3250U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.5 GHz
Multiplier	35	26
L1 cache	96K (per core)	128K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	4,800 million	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 240GE and Ryzen 3 3250U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	AM4	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 240GE and Ryzen 3 3250U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
Precision Boost 2	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 240GE and Ryzen 3 3250U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 240GE and Ryzen 3 3250U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Vega 3

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 240GE and Ryzen 3 3250U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.85	2.40
Recency	21 December 2018	6 January 2020
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

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