Ryzen 3 3250U vs EPYC 7502

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 7502 and Ryzen 3 3250U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	119	1672
Place by popularity	not in top-100	67
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.42	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	AMD EPYC	AMD Ryzen 3
Architecture codename	Zen 2 (2019−2020)	Picasso (2019−2020)
Release date	7 August 2019 (4 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,600	no data
Current price	$3299 (1.3x MSRP)	$430

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

EPYC 7502 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	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	64	4
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.35 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	96K (per core)	128K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	128 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm, 14 nm	12 nm
Die size	192 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	4,800 million	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7502 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	TR4	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	180 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7502 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	no data	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7502 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 EPYC 7502 and Ryzen 3 3250U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Eight-channel	DDR4
Maximum memory size	4 TiB	32 GB
Max memory channels	8	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	204.763 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

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 EPYC 7502 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.

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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.

EPYC 7502 outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 1146% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	31.02	2.49
Recency	7 August 2019	6 January 2020
Physical cores	32	2
Threads	64	4
Chip lithography	7 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	180 Watt	15 Watt

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