AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs AMD A8-6600K

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 2 core CPU vs AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1528 points

11% slightly better overall score

1366 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2901 points

11% slightly better gaming score

2599 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1156 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

1031 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1110 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

989 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.95 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

18.74 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1400 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1128 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

742 points

58% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

468 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1461 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1081 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

752 points

66% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

453 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.9 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.2 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

192 KiB

Identical

192 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

24.26 MiB

2326% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

824th of 1,118

870th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 3 3250U vs A8-6600K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 3250U performs better than the A8-6600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-6600K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A8-6600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 3250U. Also, the A8-6600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3250U CPU outputs less heat than a A8-6600K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the A8-6600K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 3250U

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.