Ryzen 3 3250U vs Athlon X4 970

Place in performance ranking	1958	1672
Place by popularity	not in top-100	67
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Ryzen 3
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Picasso (2019−2020)
Release date	27 July 2017 (6 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Current price	$59	$430

Detailed specifications

Athlon X4 970 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Die size	246 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X4 970 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	1
Socket	AM4	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X4 970 and Ryzen 3 3250U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	DDR4-2400 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	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X4 970 and Ryzen 3 3250U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X4 970 and Ryzen 3 3250U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X4 970 and Ryzen 3 3250U.

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.

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.

Athlon X4 970 1.71

Ryzen 3 3250U 2.49
+45.6%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Athlon X4 970 by 46% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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%

Athlon X4 970 2644

Ryzen 3 3250U 3845
+45.4%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Athlon X4 970 by 45% in Passmark.