Athlon II X2 250u vs Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 and Athlon II X2 250u processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1449not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3no data
Power efficiency5.63no data
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Regor (2009−2013)
Release date29 June 2017 (7 years ago)20 October 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$35

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 and Athlon II X2 250u 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed3.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier31no data
L1 cache96K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Die size192 mm2117 mm2
Number of transistors4,800 million410 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 and Athlon II X2 250u 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4AM3
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 and Athlon II X2 250u. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
AVX+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 and Athlon II X2 250u are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 and Athlon II X2 250u. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR3
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 and Athlon II X2 250u.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes20no 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.



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 PRO 1200 6143
+927%
Athlon II X2 250u 598

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 June 2017 20 October 2009
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 25 Watt

Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 has an age advantage of 7 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon II X2 250u, on the other hand, has 160% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 and Athlon II X2 250u. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon II X2 250u is a desktop one.


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