Ryzen 3 3200U vs Athlon II X4 630
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 3 3200U outperforms Athlon II X4 630 by an impressive 76% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon II X4 630 and Ryzen 3 3200U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2232 | 1769 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 6.02 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Ryzen 3 |
| Power efficiency | 1.35 | 15.08 |
| Architecture codename | Propus (2009−2011) | Picasso-U (Zen) (2019) |
| Release date | 16 September 2009 (15 years ago) | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $63 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Athlon II X4 630 and Ryzen 3 3200U 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Multiplier | no data | 26 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | 169 mm2 | 209.78 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 300 million | 4940 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II X4 630 and Ryzen 3 3200U 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 configuration | 1 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | AM3 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 630 and Ryzen 3 3200U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 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 Athlon II X4 630 and Ryzen 3 3200U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 630 and Ryzen 3 3200U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X4 630 and Ryzen 3 3200U.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.41 | 2.48 |
| Recency | 16 September 2009 | 6 January 2019 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 15 Watt |
Athlon II X4 630 has 100% more physical cores.
Ryzen 3 3200U, on the other hand, has a 75.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 275% more advanced lithography process, and 533.3% lower power consumption.
The Ryzen 3 3200U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II X4 630 in performance tests.
Note that Athlon II X4 630 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 3 3200U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II X4 630 and Ryzen 3 3200U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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