Ryzen 3 5300U vs Athlon II X2 250u
Primary details
Comparing Athlon II X2 250u and Ryzen 3 5300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 1010 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000) |
| Architecture codename | Regor (2009−2013) | Lucienne-U (Zen 2) |
| Release date | October 2009 (14 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $35 | no data |
| Current price | $25 (0.7x MSRP) | no data |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II X2 250u and Ryzen 3 5300U 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 117 mm2 | 156 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 410 million | 9,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II X2 250u and Ryzen 3 5300U 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 | 1 |
| Socket | AM3 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 250u and Ryzen 3 5300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, 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 | no data | + |
| FMA | no data | + |
| AVX | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X2 250u and Ryzen 3 5300U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 250u and Ryzen 3 5300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 250u and Ryzen 3 5300U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 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.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Ryzen 3 5300U outperforms Athlon II X2 250u by 1522% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 15 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Athlon II X2 250u and Ryzen 3 5300U. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Athlon II X2 250u is a desktop processor while Ryzen 3 5300U is a notebook one.
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