Athlon Silver 3050e vs Ryzen 3 3250U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 3250U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.41
+29.6%
Athlon Silver 3050e
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.86

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by a substantial 30% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Silver 3050e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17681986
Place by popularity96not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Power efficiency15.1429.21
Architecture codenamePicasso (2019−2022)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)1 June 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Silver 3050e 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)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.6 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz2.8 GHz
Multiplier26no data
L1 cache192 KB192 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Silver 3050e 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 configuration1no data
SocketFP5FP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Silver 3050e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEMMX, 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 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Silver 3050e are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Silver 3050e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 3AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Silver 3050e.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no data

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 2.41
+29.6%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1.86

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 3807
+29.5%
Athlon Silver 3050e 2939

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 750
+5.2%
Athlon Silver 3050e 713

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
+6.7%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1364

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 4088
+22.4%
Athlon Silver 3050e 3339

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 10251
+51.2%
Athlon Silver 3050e 6780

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 14.5
+31%
Athlon Silver 3050e 18.99

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 4
+57.4%
Athlon Silver 3050e 3

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 3 3250U 353
+55.8%
Athlon Silver 3050e 227

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 122
+19.2%
Athlon Silver 3050e 102

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 1.46
+23.7%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1.18

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 1.9
+46.2%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1.3

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.  

Ryzen 3 3250U 21
+52.9%
Athlon Silver 3050e 14

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.  

Ryzen 3 3250U 101
+44.1%
Athlon Silver 3050e 70

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 1710
+21.9%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1403

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 3 3250U 1662
+41.8%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1172

Blender(-)

Ryzen 3 3250U 1399
Athlon Silver 3050e 2299
+64.3%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 3 3250U 824
+38.6%
Athlon Silver 3050e 595

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 3 3250U 3291
+30.4%
Athlon Silver 3050e 2525

7-Zip

Ryzen 3 3250U 9063
+36.5%
Athlon Silver 3050e 6642

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 3 3250U 140
+42.1%
Athlon Silver 3050e 99

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.41 1.86
Recency 6 January 2020 1 June 2020
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

Ryzen 3 3250U has a 29.6% higher aggregate performance score.

Athlon Silver 3050e, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and 150% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 3 3250U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050e in performance tests.


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