Ryzen 3 3250U vs Phenom X4 9850 (95W)

Primary details

Comparing Phenom X4 9850 (95W) and Ryzen 3 3250U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1764
Place by popularitynot in top-10096
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 3
Power efficiencyno data15.14
Architecture codenameAgena (2007−2008)Picasso (2019−2022)
Release dateOctober 2008 (16 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom X4 9850 (95W) 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speedno data2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplierno data26
L1 cache128 KB (per core)192 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die size285 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors450 million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X4 9850 (95W) 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
SocketAM2+FP5
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom X4 9850 (95W) 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 Phenom X4 9850 (95W) and Ryzen 3 3250U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom X4 9850 (95W) 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 Phenom X4 9850 (95W) and Ryzen 3 3250U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 15 Watt

Phenom X4 9850 (95W) has 100% more physical cores.

Ryzen 3 3250U, on the other hand, has a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 533.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Phenom X4 9850 (95W) and Ryzen 3 3250U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom X4 9850 (95W) is a desktop processor while Ryzen 3 3250U is a notebook one.


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