AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs AMD Phenom II X4 B50

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 2 core CPU vs AMD 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
1534 points
0.39% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2901 points
3% slightly better gaming score
2816 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1156 points
1171 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1110 points
1124 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB
6 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

804th of 1,089
803rd 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 Phenom II X4 B50 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Phenom II X4 B50 is faster than the Ryzen 3 3250U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 3250U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X4 B50 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 3250U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Phenom II X4 B50 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 3 3250U. In terms of cache, the Phenom II X4 B50 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 3250U. The Phenom II X4 B50 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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