Ryzen 3 3250U vs Phenom II X4 X940 BE

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Ryzen 3 3250U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1770
Place by popularity	not in top-100	96
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	4x AMD Phenom II	AMD Ryzen 3
Power efficiency	no data	15.14
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Picasso (2019−2022)
Release date	1 January 2011 (13 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 X940 BE 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	no data	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	no data
Multiplier	no data	26
L1 cache	256 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	no data	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	no data	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 X940 BE 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	no data	1
Socket	S1	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Ryzen 3 3250U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HyperTransport 3.0, Enhanced Virus Protection, AMD64, SSE4A, unlocked multiplier	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	-	+
VirusProtect	+	-
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 X940 BE 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 Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Ryzen 3 3250U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s

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 Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Ryzen 3 3250U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 January 2011	6 January 2020
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt

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