Ryzen 3 3250U vs Pro A10-8700B

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Aggregate performance score

Pro A10-8700B
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.43
Ryzen 3 3250U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.49
+74.1%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Pro A10-8700B by an impressive 74% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 3 3250U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking21111672
Place by popularitynot in top-10067
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD CarrizoAMD Ryzen 3
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Picasso (2019−2020)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Current price$326 $430

Detailed specifications

Pro A10-8700B 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 speed1.8 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cacheno data128K (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm12 nm
Die sizeno data246 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors3100 Million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pro A10-8700B 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP4FP5
Power consumption (TDP)12 - 35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 3 3250U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0DDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, 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-NI1+
FMAFMA4+
AVXAVX+
FRTC1no data
FreeSync1no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio+no data
PowerNow+no data
PowerGating+no data
Out-of-band client management+no data
VirusProtect+no data
RAID+no data
HSA+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 3 3250U are enumerated here.

AMD-V1+
IOMMU 2.0+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 3 3250U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-2133DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R6 GraphicsAMD Radeon RX Vega 3
iGPU core count6no data
Number of pipelines384no data
Enduro+no data
Switchable graphics1no data
UVD+no data
VCE+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 3 3250U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 3 3250U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan1no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 3 3250U.

PCIe version3.03.0
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.

Pro A10-8700B 1.43
Ryzen 3 3250U 2.49
+74.1%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Pro A10-8700B by 74% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Pro A10-8700B 2212
Ryzen 3 3250U 3845
+73.8%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Pro A10-8700B by 74% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pro A10-8700B 475
Ryzen 3 3250U 754
+58.7%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Pro A10-8700B by 59% in GeekBench 5 Single-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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pro A10-8700B 1008
Ryzen 3 3250U 1454
+44.2%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Pro A10-8700B by 44% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Pro A10-8700B 2200
Ryzen 3 3250U 4088
+85.8%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Pro A10-8700B by 86% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Pro A10-8700B 5907
Ryzen 3 3250U 10251
+73.5%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Pro A10-8700B by 74% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Pro A10-8700B 2798
Ryzen 3 3250U 3966
+41.7%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Pro A10-8700B by 42% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Pro A10-8700B 30.7
Ryzen 3 3250U 14.5
+112%

Pro A10-8700B outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by 112% in wPrime 32.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Pro A10-8700B 2
Ryzen 3 3250U 4
+72.5%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Pro A10-8700B by 72% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Pro A10-8700B 192
Ryzen 3 3250U 353
+83.9%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Pro A10-8700B by 84% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Pro A10-8700B 70
Ryzen 3 3250U 122
+73.7%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Pro A10-8700B by 74% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Pro A10-8700B 0.82
Ryzen 3 3250U 1.46
+78%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Pro A10-8700B by 78% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pro A10-8700B 0.9
Ryzen 3 3250U 1.9
+124%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Pro A10-8700B by 124% in TrueCrypt AES.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pro A10-8700B 897
Ryzen 3 3250U 1710
+90.6%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Pro A10-8700B by 91% in WinRAR 4.0.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pro A10-8700B 9
Ryzen 3 3250U 21
+133%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Pro A10-8700B by 133% in x264 encoding pass 2.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pro A10-8700B 45
Ryzen 3 3250U 101
+122%

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Pro A10-8700B by 122% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.43 2.49
Recency 3 June 2015 6 January 2020
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 15 Watt

The Ryzen 3 3250U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pro A10-8700B in performance tests.


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