Ryzen 3 3250U vs E1-2500

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Aggregate performance score

E1-2500
2013
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
0.37
Ryzen 3 3250U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.40
+549%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms E1-2500 by a whopping 549% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing E1-2500 and Ryzen 3 3250U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking30351783
Place by popularitynot in top-10080
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD E-SeriesAMD Ryzen 3
Power efficiency2.3315.13
Architecture codenameKabini (2013−2014)Picasso (2019−2022)
Release date23 May 2013 (11 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

E1-2500 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 speed1.4 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplierno data26
L1 cacheno data128K (per core)
L2 cache1024 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm12 nm
Die size246 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)90 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on E1-2500 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
SocketFT3FP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E1-2500 and Ryzen 3 3250U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVXMMX, 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++
FMAFMA4+
AVX++
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E1-2500 and Ryzen 3 3250U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E1-2500 and Ryzen 3 3250U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon HD 8240AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1200 MHz)
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of E1-2500 and Ryzen 3 3250U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by E1-2500 and Ryzen 3 3250U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by E1-2500 and Ryzen 3 3250U.

PCIe version2.03.0
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.

E1-2500 0.37
Ryzen 3 3250U 2.40
+549%

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.

E1-2500 593
Ryzen 3 3250U 3812
+543%

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.

E1-2500 140
Ryzen 3 3250U 748
+434%

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.

E1-2500 236
Ryzen 3 3250U 1455
+517%

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.

E1-2500 1052
Ryzen 3 3250U 4088
+289%

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.

E1-2500 2016
Ryzen 3 3250U 10251
+408%

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.

E1-2500 1021
Ryzen 3 3250U 3966
+288%

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.

E1-2500 79.6
Ryzen 3 3250U 14.5
+449%

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.

E1-2500 1
Ryzen 3 3250U 4
+548%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

E1-2500 44
Ryzen 3 3250U 353
+702%

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.

E1-2500 27
Ryzen 3 3250U 122
+350%

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.

E1-2500 0.34
Ryzen 3 3250U 1.46
+329%

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.

E1-2500 0.4
Ryzen 3 3250U 1.9
+342%

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.

E1-2500 604
Ryzen 3 3250U 1710
+183%

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.  

E1-2500 4
Ryzen 3 3250U 21
+428%

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.  

E1-2500 20
Ryzen 3 3250U 101
+394%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.37 2.40
Integrated graphics card 0.64 2.98
Recency 23 May 2013 6 January 2020
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm

Ryzen 3 3250U has a 548.6% higher aggregate performance score, 365.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more threads, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 3 3250U is our recommended choice as it beats the E1-2500 in performance tests.


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