Athlon Gold 3150G vs Ryzen 3 3250U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 3250U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.49
Athlon Gold 3150G
2020
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
4.60
+84.7%

Athlon Gold 3150G outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by an impressive 85% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Gold 3150G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking16721235
Place by popularity67not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3no data
Architecture codenamePicasso (2019−2020)Dali (2020)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)21 July 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price$430 no data

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Gold 3150G 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nm12 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Gold 3150G 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 configuration11
SocketFP5AM4
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Gold 3150G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-2400 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, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Gold 3150G are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Gold 3150G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 3AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Gold 3150G.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes12no data

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 2.49
Athlon Gold 3150G 4.60
+84.7%

Athlon Gold 3150G outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 85% 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%

Ryzen 3 3250U 3845
Athlon Gold 3150G 7112
+85%

Athlon Gold 3150G outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 85% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.49 4.60
Recency 6 January 2020 21 July 2020
Physical cores 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

The Athlon Gold 3150G is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 3 3250U in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 3 3250U is a notebook processor while Athlon Gold 3150G is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Gold 3150G, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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