Ryzen 3 3250U vs Ryzen 5 4500U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 4500U
2020
6 cores / 6 threads, 25 Watt
6.87
+186%
Ryzen 3 3250U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.40

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Ryzen 3 3250U by a whopping 186% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 3 3250U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking10131768
Place by popularitynot in top-10096
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Ryzen 3
Power efficiency26.0115.14
Architecture codenameRenoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)Picasso (2019−2022)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 4500U 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads64
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplier2326
L1 cache128K (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache11 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm12 nm
Die size156 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
Number of transistors9800 Million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4500U 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
SocketFP6FP5
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 3 3250U. 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, 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 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 3 3250U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 3 3250U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/s38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4500U 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.

Ryzen 5 4500U 6.87
+186%
Ryzen 3 3250U 2.40

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 5 4500U 10912
+187%
Ryzen 3 3250U 3805

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 5 4500U 5337
+30.6%
Ryzen 3 3250U 4088

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 5 4500U 24156
+136%
Ryzen 3 3250U 10251

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.

Ryzen 5 4500U 8934
+125%
Ryzen 3 3250U 3966

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 5 4500U 8.3
+74.7%
Ryzen 3 3250U 14.5

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 5 4500U 11
+176%
Ryzen 3 3250U 4

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 5 4500U 892
+153%
Ryzen 3 3250U 353

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 5 4500U 174
+43.1%
Ryzen 3 3250U 122

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 5 4500U 2.03
+39%
Ryzen 3 3250U 1.46

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 5 4500U 4.9
+158%
Ryzen 3 3250U 1.9

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 5 4500U 59
+181%
Ryzen 3 3250U 21

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 5 4500U 210
+108%
Ryzen 3 3250U 101

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 5 4500U 3493
+104%
Ryzen 3 3250U 1710

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 4500U 4632
+179%
Ryzen 3 3250U 1662

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 4500U 584
Ryzen 3 3250U 1399
+140%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 4500U 1097
+33.1%
Ryzen 3 3250U 824

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 4500U 4288
+30.3%
Ryzen 3 3250U 3291

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 4500U 24101
+166%
Ryzen 3 3250U 9063

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 5 4500U 197
+40.6%
Ryzen 3 3250U 140

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.87 2.40
Integrated graphics card 6.04 2.98
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 6 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 4500U has a 186.3% higher aggregate performance score, 102.7% faster integrated GPU, 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 71.4% more advanced lithography process.

Ryzen 3 3250U, on the other hand, has 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 4500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 3 3250U in performance tests.


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