AMD Ryzen 3 3250C vs AMD Athlon PRO 300U

Processor comparisons 23-03-2021

   If you are thinking about choosing a processor, you will be able to make a decision after reading the full tests AMD Ryzen 3 3250C vs AMD Athlon PRO 300U and see which is better for games or normal use for video editing, streaming, programming, rendering, machine learning. Here you can find useful information from real streaming and video editing tests or different benchmarks. A careful review of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to read, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in software tests like RealBench, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Blender, 7zip, Furmark, VeraCrypt, PCMark 10, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Blender, WPrime, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Prime95, Gears 5, UserBenchmark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), MATLAB, SuperPi, PassMark, AIDA64, Dolphin Emulator, Handbrake, 3DMark.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

Red Dead Redemption 2
Grand Theft Auto V
Watch Dogs Legion
Rainbow Six Siege
Death Stranding
Halo Infinite
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Overwatch
Valheim
Last Man Standing
Fortnite
Apex Legends
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
DOOM: Eternal
Fallout 76
Valorant
Borderlands 3
Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare
Cyberpunk 2077

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon PRO 300U or AMD Ryzen 3 3250C.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Ryzen 3 3250C

51%

Athlon PRO 300U

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Ryzen 3 3250C

51%

Athlon PRO 300U

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a low game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Monster Hunter World, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Forza Horizon 4, Half-Life: Alyx, Control, Hitman 3, Ghostrunner, League of Legends (LOL), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, DOTA 2A, Metro Exodus, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Horizon Zero Dawn, Battlefield V, NBA 2K20.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.9	90.0
Valorant	102.1	102.3
Cyberpunk 2077	57.2	57.3
Apex Legends	96.0	96.2
Call of Duty Warzone	76.6	76.7
Overwatch	82.7	82.9
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.5	70.6
DOOM Eternal	51.1	51.1
Warzone	79.6	79.8
Assassin's Creed	85.8	85.9
Valheim	84.8	84.9

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Ryzen 3 3250C

193%

Athlon PRO 300U

165%

To make a final resolution on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 3 3250C is more energy efficient than the Athlon PRO 300U since it has less power consumption: 15W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

For example you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, video editing or video rendering, programming, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the processor uses all threads and cores that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the program you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, and all the advantages of multi-core mode are unused.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Ryzen 3 3250C	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	142	140
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	354	392
Cinbench 20 Single-core	318	330
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	774	826
Cinbench 23 Single-core	573	523
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2346	2520

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 3 3250C	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Single-Core	1946	1870
Multi-Core	4330	4441

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 3 3250C	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Single-Core	871	746
Multi-Core	1825	1978

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most useful. The newer the processor, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Ryzen 3 3250C	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Announcement date	September 22, 2020	October 01, 2019
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP5	FP5
Core name	Dali	Raven Ridge
Architecture	Zen	Zen
Generation	1	1
Turbo Frequency	3.5 MHz	3.3 MHz
Frequency	2.6 MHz	2.4 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	3800 millions	1600 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	15 W
Memory type
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency		2400
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	192KB	384KB
L2 cache	1MB	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YM325CC4T2OFG	YM300BC4T2OFG n/a

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 3 3250C is 7% better than Athlon PRO 300U in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 3 3250C is better: 8
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon PRO 300U is better: 18
However, it should be realized that all the data in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should fully trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of real owners of AMD Ryzen 3 3250C and AMD Athlon PRO 300U before making a decision which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Ryzen 3 3250C - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Ryzen 3 3250C specs and review.

AMD Athlon PRO 300U - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Athlon PRO 300U specs and review.