Athlon 5150 vs Ryzen 3 3250U

Place in the ranking	1770	2549
Place by popularity	96	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 3	no data
Power efficiency	15.14	3.29
Architecture codename	Picasso (2019−2022)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)	9 April 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon 5150 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	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	1.6 GHz
Multiplier	26	no data
L1 cache	128K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2048 KB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	12 nm	28 nm
Die size	246 mm²	107 mm²
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	4500 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon 5150 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
Socket	FP5	AM1
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon 5150. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	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	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	FMA4
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon 5150 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon 5150. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1200 MHz)	AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Number of pipelines	no data	128
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon 5150 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon 5150 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon 5150.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	12	4

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 2.40
+176%

Athlon 5150 0.87

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 3805
+174%

Athlon 5150 1388

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 749
+333%

Athlon 5150 173

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 1456
+206%

Athlon 5150 476

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.40	0.87
Recency	6 January 2020	9 April 2014
Physical cores	2	4
Chip lithography	12 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	25 Watt

Ryzen 3 3250U has a 175.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

Athlon 5150, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores.

The Ryzen 3 3250U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 5150 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 3 3250U is a notebook processor while Athlon 5150 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon 5150, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.