Celeron N4505 vs Ryzen 3 3250U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 3250U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.40
+67.8%
Celeron N4505
2021
2 cores / 2 threads, 10 Watt
1.43

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Celeron N4505 by an impressive 68% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 3250U and Celeron N4505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17832202
Place by popularity80not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3no data
Power efficiency15.1513.54
Architecture codenamePicasso (2019−2022)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 3250U and Celeron N4505 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz2.9 GHz
Multiplier26no data
L1 cache128K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)1.5 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography12 nm10 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature95 °C105 °C
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 3250U and Celeron N4505 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
SocketFP5FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Celeron N4505. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 3250U and Celeron N4505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
Identity Protection-+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Celeron N4505 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Celeron N4505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 3250U and Celeron N4505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Celeron N4505 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Celeron N4505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Celeron N4505.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes128
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data14
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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 2.40
+67.8%
Celeron N4505 1.43

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 3812
+68.2%
Celeron N4505 2266

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 3 3250U 748
+63%
Celeron N4505 459

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 3 3250U 1455
+90.4%
Celeron N4505 764

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 3 3250U 4088
+12.9%
Celeron N4505 3622

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 3 3250U 10251
+49.4%
Celeron N4505 6861

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 3 3250U 3966
+23.4%
Celeron N4505 3214

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 3 3250U 14.5
+147%
Celeron N4505 35.84

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 3 3250U 4
+58.6%
Celeron N4505 2

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 3 3250U 353
+78.7%
Celeron N4505 198

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 3 3250U 122
+14.7%
Celeron N4505 106

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 3 3250U 1.46
+14.1%
Celeron N4505 1.28

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 3 3250U 1.9
+46.2%
Celeron N4505 1.3

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 3 3250U 1710
+61.1%
Celeron N4505 1062

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 3 3250U 21
+54.6%
Celeron N4505 14

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 3 3250U 101
+39.7%
Celeron N4505 72

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 3 3250U 1662
+34.9%
Celeron N4505 1232

Blender(-)

Ryzen 3 3250U 1399
Celeron N4505 2899
+107%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 3 3250U 824
+26.1%
Celeron N4505 654

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 3 3250U 3291
+8%
Celeron N4505 3047

7-Zip

Ryzen 3 3250U 9063
+51%
Celeron N4505 6004

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 3 3250U 140
+22.8%
Celeron N4505 114

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 3 3250U 624
+40.4%
Celeron N4505 444

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ryzen 3 3250U 105
+31.1%
Celeron N4505 80

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 3 3250U 2541
Celeron N4505 5742
+126%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.40 1.43
Integrated graphics card 2.98 5.58
Recency 6 January 2020 11 January 2021
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 12 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 10 Watt

Ryzen 3 3250U has a 67.8% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more threads.

Celeron N4505, on the other hand, has 87.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, a 20% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 3 3250U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N4505 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 3 3250U is a notebook processor while Celeron N4505 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 3250U and Celeron N4505, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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