Ryzen 3 3250U vs Athlon 64 X2 3800+

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and Ryzen 3 3250U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1765
Place by popularitynot in top-10096
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 3
Power efficiencyno data15.14
Architecture codenameManchester (2005−2006)Picasso (2019−2022)
Release dateAugust 2005 (19 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplierno data26
L1 cache256K192 KB
L2 cache512 KB1 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm14 nm
Die size220 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors154 million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 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
Socket939FP5
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and Ryzen 3 3250U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and Ryzen 3 3250U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and Ryzen 3 3250U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and Ryzen 3 3250U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
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.



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.

Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 629
Ryzen 3 3250U 3809
+506%

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.

Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 203
Ryzen 3 3250U 749
+269%

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.

Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 376
Ryzen 3 3250U 1455
+287%

Pros & cons summary


Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 90 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 3 3250U has 100% more threads, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 493.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and Ryzen 3 3250U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 64 X2 3800+ is a desktop processor while Ryzen 3 3250U is a notebook one.


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