Ryzen 3 3250U vs Ryzen 7 4700U

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Aggregated performance score

Ryzen 7 4700U
2020
8 cores / 8 threads
8.67
+248%
Ryzen 3 3250U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads
2.49

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 248% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary Details

Comparing Ryzen 7 4700U and Ryzen 3 3250U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking8021639
Place by popularitynot in top-10070
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Ryzen 3
Architecture codenameRenoir-U (Zen 2)Picasso (2019−2020)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Current price$521 $430

Detailed Specifications

Ryzen 7 4700U 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed1.8 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache12 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm12 nm
Die size156 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
Number of transistors9800 Million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 4700U 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 configuration11
SocketFP6FP5
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 4700U and Ryzen 3 3250U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEDDR4-2400 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++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 4700U and Ryzen 3 3250U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 4700U and Ryzen 3 3250U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 7AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 4700U and Ryzen 3 3250U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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 7 4700U 8.67
+248%
Ryzen 3 3250U 2.49

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 248% based on our aggregated 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 7 4700U 13410
+248%
Ryzen 3 3250U 3852

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 248% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 7 4700U 1357
+81.2%
Ryzen 3 3250U 749

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 81% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 7 4700U 4884
+238%
Ryzen 3 3250U 1447

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 238% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 7 4700U 5524
+35.1%
Ryzen 3 3250U 4088

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 35% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 7 4700U 24771
+142%
Ryzen 3 3250U 10251

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 142% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 7 4700U 8629
+118%
Ryzen 3 3250U 3966

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 118% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 7 4700U 7.89
+83.8%
Ryzen 3 3250U 14.5

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Ryzen 7 4700U by 84% in wPrime 32.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 7 4700U 13
+218%
Ryzen 3 3250U 4

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 218% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 7 4700U 1095
+210%
Ryzen 3 3250U 353

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 210% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 7 4700U 180
+48%
Ryzen 3 3250U 122

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 48% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 7 4700U 2.1
+43.8%
Ryzen 3 3250U 1.46

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 44% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 4700U 5.3
+176%
Ryzen 3 3250U 1.9

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 176% in TrueCrypt AES.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 4700U 3963
+132%
Ryzen 3 3250U 1710

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 132% in WinRAR 4.0.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 4700U 191
+89.4%
Ryzen 3 3250U 101

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 89% in x264 encoding pass 1.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 4700U 57
+172%
Ryzen 3 3250U 21

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 172% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Pros & Cons Summary


Performance score 8.67 2.49
Integrated graphics card 7.43 2.97
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 15 Watt

The Ryzen 7 4700U is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 3 3250U in performance tests.


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