AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
AMD Socket FP5MOBILE
2600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2020
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
AMD Socket AM3DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

110 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 3250UAMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 3250UAMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD K10
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4 Dual-channelvsDDR3
CodenamePicassovsDeneb
Release DateJan 2020vsJan 2011

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 3250UAMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
Cores2vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 3vsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 3250UAMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
L1 Cache128K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 3250UAMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
SocketAMD Socket FP5vsAMD Socket AM3
Max Case TempN/Avsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Size246mm²vs258mm²
Process12 nmvs45 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 3250UAMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
Cpu Frequency2600 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock3500 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs2000 MHz
VoltageN/Avs1.4 V
TDP15 Wvs125 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
    3920 points
  • AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
    2268 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
    7105 points
  • AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
    9072 points

Points - higher is better