Ryzen 3 3250U vs Ryzen 5 3450U comparison
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 3250U performs better than the Ryzen 5 3450U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3450U in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 3450U has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 3250U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 3250U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3250U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3450U. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 3450U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 3 3250U. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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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