AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs AMD FX-870K

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 2 core CPU vs AMD 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
6% slightly better overall score
1430 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2901 points
6% slightly better gaming score
2728 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1156 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
1078 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1110 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
1035 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
4 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

804th of 1,089
830th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Ryzen 3 3250U vs FX-870K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 3250U is faster than the FX-870K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-870K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-870K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 3250U. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the FX-870K has significantly 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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