AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs AMD A8-9600

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 2 core CPU vs AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 4 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
6% slightly better overall score
1435 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2901 points
7% slightly better gaming score
2697 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1156 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
1088 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1110 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
1044 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.95 points
19.59 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1400 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1359 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

742 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
569 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1461 points
1498 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

752 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
611 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.1 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
3.4 GHz

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

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

804th of 1,089
828th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile
A8-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Ryzen 3 3250U vs A8-9600 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the A8-9600 beats the Ryzen 3 3250U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3250U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the A8-9600 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 3250U. Indeed, the A8-9600 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Ryzen 3 3250U. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A8-9600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 3250U. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3250U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3250U CPU outputs less heat than a A8-9600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the A8-9600 has more L2 cache than 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.

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