Ryzen 3 3250U vs Pentium E5400

Aggregate performance score

Pentium E5400
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.61
Ryzen 3 3250U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.40
+293%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Pentium E5400 by a whopping 293% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5400 and Ryzen 3 3250U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27791768
Place by popularitynot in top-10096
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.46no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 3
Power efficiency0.8915.14
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Picasso (2019−2022)
Release date18 January 2009 (15 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$55no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium E5400 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 speed2.7 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplierno data26
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm12 nm
Die size82 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °C95 °C
Number of transistors228 million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5400 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
SocketLGA775FP5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5400 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-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium E5400 and Ryzen 3 3250U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5400 and Ryzen 3 3250U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5400 and Ryzen 3 3250U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4
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 cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5400 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.

Pentium E5400 0.61
Ryzen 3 3250U 2.40
+293%

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.

Pentium E5400 975
Ryzen 3 3250U 3805
+290%

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.

Pentium E5400 311
Ryzen 3 3250U 749
+141%

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.

Pentium E5400 507
Ryzen 3 3250U 1455
+187%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.61 2.40
Recency 18 January 2009 6 January 2020
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 3 3250U has a 293.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more threads, a 275% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 3 3250U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium E5400 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium E5400 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 3 3250U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium E5400 and Ryzen 3 3250U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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