AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs AMD Athlon Gold 3150U

Processor comparisons 22-11-2022

   If you can't decide which CPU to buy, you can make a decision after reading the full tests AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs AMD Athlon Gold 3150U and see which is better for games or simple use for machine learning, programming, video editing, streaming, rendering. Here is useful information from several benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A careful review of all the specifications, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in software tests such as MATLAB, RealBench, SuperPi, AIDA64, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Furmark, PassMark, 3DMark, Dolphin Emulator, Blender, Handbrake, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Gears 5, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), VeraCrypt, PCMark 10, UserBenchmark, Prime95, 7zip, WPrime, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Blender.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

After reading the results of joint benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon Gold 3150U or AMD Ryzen 3 3250U.

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 3250U

51%

Athlon Gold 3150U

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Ryzen 3 3250U

51%

Athlon Gold 3150U

51%

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.9	90.0
Valorant	102.1	102.3
Cyberpunk 2077	57.2	57.3
Apex Legends	96.0	96.1
Call of Duty Warzone	76.6	76.7
Overwatch	82.7	82.8
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.5	70.6
DOOM Eternal	51.1	51.1
Warzone	79.7	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 that were in the comparisons not only did they have different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. 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 get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Ryzen 3 3250U

180%

Athlon Gold 3150U

181%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Athlon Gold 3150U is more energy efficient than the Ryzen 3 3250U since it has less power consumption: 15W vs. 15W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, video editing or video rendering, programming, streaming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum efficiency, the processor includes all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in 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 3250U	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	138	127
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	344	310
Cinbench 20 Single-core	309	185
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	751	529
Cinbench 23 Single-core	556	503
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2278	2419

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

	AMD Ryzen 3 3250U	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
Single-Core	1889	1929
Multi-Core	4204	4263

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

	AMD Ryzen 3 3250U	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
Single-Core	810	816
Multi-Core	1837	1945

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, 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 3250U	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
Announcement date	January 06, 2020	January 06, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP5	FP5
Core name	Dali	Raven Ridge
Architecture	Zen	Picasso
Generation	1	2
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	2200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency	2400	2400
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache		192KB
L2 cache	1MB	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YM3250C4T2OFG	YM3150C4T2OFG

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 3 3250U is 7% better than Athlon Gold 3150U 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 3250U is better: 8
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Gold 3150U is better: 17
However, it should be understood that the summary data in the text above do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of real owners of AMD Ryzen 3 3250U and AMD Athlon Gold 3150U before deciding which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U - all data

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

• AMD Ryzen 3 3250U specs and review.

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U - all data

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

• AMD Athlon Gold 3150U specs and review.