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AMD Ryzen 5 3550H vs AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs AMD Ryzen 3 3350U

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

► remove from comparison AMD R5 3550H

The AMD Ryzen 5 3550H is a mobile SoC that was announced in January 2019. It combines four Zen+ cores (8 threads) clocked at 2.1 GHz to 3.7 GHz with a Radeon RX Vega 8 graphics adapter with 8 CUs (512 Shaders) clocked at up to 1,200 MHz. Compared to the similar Ryzen 5 3500U, the 3550H offers a 20 Watt higher TDP and therefore a better performance under long periods of load. The integrated dual-channel memory controller supports up to DDR4-2400 memory. As the features of the Picasso APUs are the same compared to the Raven Ridge predecessors, we point to our Raven Ridge launch article.

The Picasso SoCs use the Zen+ microarchitecture with slight improvements that should lead to a 3% IPS (performance per clock) improvements. Furthermore, the 12 nm process allows higher clock rates at similar power consumptions.

Performance

The average 3550H in our database proves to be a solid mid-range CPU, its multi-thread benchmark scores hovering close to those of the Intel Core i7-10710U and the Core i5-8257U. Which is a little slow for an H-class processor, as of late 2021, but still more than enough for the vast majority of apps and games, provided one is fine with having to wait a little longer than usual for that 4K video encoding job to get completed.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and sufficiently high CPU power limits, the Pavilion Gaming 15-ec0002ng is among the fastest laptops powered by the 3550H that we know of. It can be more than 20% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 5 series chip has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 35 W. Laptop makers are free to reduce that value significantly with 12 W being the minimum AMD-recommended value. Clock speeds and performance would take a hit as a result; either way, that's a little too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

Last but not the least, the AMD Ryzen 5 3550H is built with a 12 nm process for lower-than-average, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U

► remove from comparison AMD R3 3250U

The AMD Ryzen 3 3250U is an entry-level, dual-core APU that was announced in 2020. The Ryzen features two Zen cores (SMT is enabled for a total of 4 threads) running at 2.6 GHz to 3.5 GHz and a Radeon RX Vega 3 graphics adapter (3 Compute Units = 192 unified shaders) running at up to 1,200 MHz. The specifications are similar to the older Ryzen 3 3200U, with the lower peak operating temperature of Ryzen 3 3250U (95 °C versus the 105 °C) being the only difference between the two.

AMD Ryzen 3 3250C is a special edition of Ryzen 3 3250U designed for use in Chromebooks. The specifications and performance figures appear to be identical between the two.

Architecture

Unlike the costlier Ryzen 5 3500U, Ryzen 3 3250U is not Zen+ based. It makes use of the ageing Zen architecture and is manufactured on the same 14 nm TSMC process as Ryzen 2000-series laptop-grade processors. This has several repercussions; the limited RAM support is one of them. DDR4-3200, DDR4-2933, DDR4-2666 modules are not supported here. It's just the DDR4-2400, DDR4-2133 and lower on.

The CPU has several PCI-Express 3.0 lanes and is thus compatible with NVMe SSDs (read/write rates will be limited to 3.9 GB/s) as well as discrete graphics cards. Ryzen 3 3250U gets soldered permanently on to the motherboard (FP5 socket interface) and is thus not user-replaceable.

Click here for more information on the Raven Ridge product family.

Performance

As far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned, this Ryzen series chip directly competes with the Core i3-10110U, Core i3-1110G4 and also the Athlon Gold 3150U. While the 3250U is certainly not a powerhouse, mundane tasks such as web browsing and casual gaming pose little problem to it, as of early 2022.

Graphics

The Vega 3 is fairly close to Intel's UHD Graphics 620 as far as performance and capabilities go. The graphics adapter supports UHD 2160p monitors at 60 fps, and it can HW-decode VP9, AVC, HEVC, MPEG-2 and other popular video codecs. The latest AV1 codec is not supported, though. Such a video will have to be decoded via software, with the limited CPU horsepower imposing a hard limit on the resolution that can be played back without stuttering.

The Vega will allow for a bit of light gaming; F1 2021 runs well at 720p / Low, to give you an example. Quality RAM will allow for higher frame rates and the opposite is true as well; please keep in mind that Vega 3 has no VRAM of its own.

Power consumption

Energy efficiency isn't great here. The Ryzen is built with a 14 nm manufacturing process leading to low, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

The APU has a default TDP, also known as the long-term Power Limit, of 15 W. Laptop makers are free to reduce that value a little, with 12 W being the lower limit, or give it a noticeable bump (up to 25 W are possible). Clock speeds and performance will change accordingly as a result.

While not as power-hungry as the Ryzen 3 3100 or any other desktop chip, the R3 3250U is still not likely to ever feature in a passively cooled laptop, tablet or mini-PC.

AMD Ryzen 3 3350U

► remove from comparison AMD R3 3350U

The AMD Ryzen 3 3350U is a mobile SoC that was announced in January 2019. It combines four Zen+ cores (no SMT / Hyperthreading so only 4 threads) clocked at 2.1 - 3.5 GHz with a Radeon RX Vega 6 graphics card with 6 CUs (384 Shaders) clocked at up to 1200 MHz. Specified at 15 Watt TDP, the SoC is intended for thin mid-range laptops. Compared to the similar Ryzen 3 3300U, the 3350U offers the same specifications according to AMD.

The Picasso SoCs use the Zen+ microarchitecture with slight improvements that should lead to a 3% IPS (performance per clock) improvements. Furthermore, the 12nm process allows higher clock rates at similar power consumptions.

The integrated dual-channel memory controller supports up to DDR4-2400 memory. As the features of the Picasso APUs are the same compared to the Raven Ridge predecessors, we point to our Raven Ridge launch article.

AMD states that the Picasso APUs are about 8% faster than the predecessors. Therefore, the Ryzen 3 3350U should be similar to the Ryzen 5 2500U (2 - 3.6 GHz but with SMT).

ModelAMD Ryzen 5 3550HAMD Ryzen 3 3250UAMD Ryzen 3 3350U
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
CodenamePicasso-U (Zen+)ZenZen+
Series: Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) Zen+
AMD Ryzen 7 3780U2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3550H « 2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3450U2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 3350U « 2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 3300U2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Clock2100 - 3700 MHz2600 - 3500 MHz2100 - 3500 MHz
L1 Cache384 KB192 KB384 KB
L2 Cache2 MB1 MB2 MB
L3 Cache4 MB4 MB4 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 82 / 44 / 4
TDP35 Watt15 Watt15 Watt
Transistors4500 Million4500 Million4500 Million
Technology12 nm14 nm12 nm
max. Temp.105 °C95 °C105 °C
SocketFP5FP5AM4
FeaturesDDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHADDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1200 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 3550H
26.7 pt (37%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R3 3250U
23.2 pt (32%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 3646     avg: 3930     median: 3929.5 (4%)     max: 4213 Points
min: 1876     avg: 1989     median: 2010 (2%)     max: 2080 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 850     avg: 886     median: 886 (38%)     max: 922 Points
min: 768     avg: 785     median: 776 (33%)     max: 810 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 331     avg: 354.3     median: 359 (40%)     max: 370 Points
min: 234     avg: 279     median: 300 (33%)     max: 303 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 1421     avg: 1596     median: 1621 (4%)     max: 1728 Points
min: 415     avg: 668     median: 783 (2%)     max: 805 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 635     avg: 717     median: 742 (5%)     max: 769 Points
min: 351     avg: 352.7     median: 353 (2%)     max: 354 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 77     avg: 137.9     median: 144 (43%)     max: 146 Points
min: 119     avg: 122.2     median: 121.6 (37%)     max: 126 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
8.6 Points (11%)
4 Points (5%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
1.7 Points (41%)
1.5 Points (36%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 4575     avg: 5413     median: 4592 (28%)     max: 7893 Points
4088 Points (25%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 19002     avg: 19535     median: 19520.5 (14%)     max: 20097 Points
10251 Points (7%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
209.2 s (2%)
457.3 s (5%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
7.7 s (2%)
14.5 s (3%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
2929 Points (5%)
1710 Points (3%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 16683     avg: 17967     median: 17978 (10%)     max: 19409 MIPS
min: 8899     avg: 9153     median: 9063 (5%)     max: 9496 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 3472     avg: 3554     median: 3547.5 (42%)     max: 3652 MIPS
min: 2931     avg: 3225     median: 3291 (39%)     max: 3452 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
44.3 fps (15%)
21.1 fps (7%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
146.8 fps (34%)
101 fps (23%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 3.7     avg: 4.1     median: 4 (7%)     max: 4.43 fps
min: 1.83     avg: 2.1     median: 2.2 (4%)     max: 2.17 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.5 GB/s (0%)
0.2 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.7 GB/s (12%)
0.3 GB/s (6%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
4.7 GB/s (12%)
1.9 GB/s (5%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
1297 Seconds (17%)
min: 2492     avg: 2541     median: 2541 (32%)     max: 2590 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 612     avg: 675     median: 659 (5%)     max: 759 Seconds
min: 1319     avg: 1372     median: 1399 (10%)     max: 1399 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.732     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (16%)     max: 0.752 sec
min: 0.773     avg: 0.8     median: 0.8 (17%)     max: 0.843 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 7123     avg: 7227     median: 7174 (15%)     max: 7385 Points
3966 Points (8%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
11.9 s (3%)
12.7 s (3%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
27.7 s (1%)
28.8 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
695 s (3%)
668 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
24607 Points (22%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 6321     avg: 6969     median: 6803 (18%)     max: 7724 Points
min: 3849     avg: 4103     median: 4195 (11%)     max: 4266 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 52657     avg: 54549     median: 54658 (44%)     max: 56221 Points
46375 Points (38%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 53643     avg: 54868     median: 55096 (45%)     max: 56566 Points
45549 Points (37%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 60469     avg: 61391     median: 61297 (52%)     max: 62057 Points
44021 Points (37%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 2848     avg: 6157     median: 6734.5 (17%)     max: 8124 Points
min: 3689     avg: 3727     median: 3703 (9%)     max: 3789 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 10096     avg: 10671     median: 10554 (19%)     max: 11617 Points
min: 5463     avg: 5522     median: 5507 (10%)     max: 5596 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 2996     avg: 3268     median: 3363 (14%)     max: 3534 Points
min: 353     avg: 1254     median: 1692 (7%)     max: 1718 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 880     avg: 896     median: 899 (38%)     max: 907 Points
min: 687     avg: 796     median: 824 (35%)     max: 848 Points
864 Points (36%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3162     avg: 3316     median: 3281 (6%)     max: 3486 Points
min: 1397     avg: 1634     median: 1662 (3%)     max: 1813 Points
2455 Points (4%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 806     avg: 886     median: 902 (4%)     max: 914 Points
868 Points (4%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3034     avg: 3238     median: 3250 (10%)     max: 3562 Points
1838 Points (6%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3623     avg: 3797     median: 3807 (38%)     max: 3938 Points
3829 Points (38%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 11183     avg: 12118     median: 11926 (13%)     max: 13441 Points
7396 Points (8%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 13474     avg: 14342     median: 14437 (26%)     max: 15114 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 3348     avg: 3420     median: 3353 (65%)     max: 3558 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 1042     avg: 1145     median: 1173 (1%)     max: 1229 ms
min: 1187     avg: 1233     median: 1233 (1%)     max: 1279 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
117.8 ms (1%)
313.8 ms (3%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 28324     avg: 28827     median: 28811.5 (26%)     max: 29361 Points
35541 Points (32%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
124.3 Points (36%)
105.2 Points (30%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 151.3     avg: 161.1     median: 162 (34%)     max: 174 Points
min: 135.3     avg: 140.2     median: 140.2 (29%)     max: 145 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
832 Points (32%)
min: 588     avg: 624     median: 623.5 (24%)     max: 659 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 39.9     avg: 50.3     median: 50.3 (9%)     max: 60.6 Watt
min: 20.5     avg: 24.1     median: 24.1 (4%)     max: 27.7 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
35.2 Watt (6%)
min: 25.2     avg: 26.6     median: 26.6 (5%)     max: 28 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
11.2 Watt (7%)
3.5 Watt (2%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 5.59     avg: 6     median: 6 (7%)     max: 6.43 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
18.3 Points per Watt (14%)
13.9 Points per Watt (10%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 3550H → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 3 3250U → 71% n=2

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 3 3350U → 85% n=2

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