Ryzen 3 2200U: CPU benchmarks and laptop guide

The AMD Ryzen 3 2200U is the Raven Ridge dual-core APU that brought budget Ryzen laptops to market in 2018, and five catalog models are matched to it. Against the 69 games the catalog tracks it meets the recommended CPU requirement in none of them, though it clears the minimum bar for a set of lighter titles. This guide covers where the chip ranks among laptop CPUs, what it offers, and which used machines carry it.

Where the Ryzen 3 2200U sits in 2026

A catalog score of 26.3 places the chip 409th of 741 scored laptop CPUs — marginally above the middle of the table. The neighborhood is vintage Intel territory: the Core i7-6500U (26.7), Core i7-4650U (26.5) and Pentium Gold G5500 (26.5) just above, with the Core i3-5157U (26.2), Core i7-3720QM (26) and Pentium G4620 (25.9) just below. Matching 2015–2016 ultrabook i7s was the chip's launch pitch — comparable everyday speed from a cheaper, more efficient package — and that is still a fair summary today.

What the chip brings

Raven Ridge pairs 2 cores with 4 threads on a 14 nm process at 15 W, running at an effective fixed 2.5 GHz, with Radeon RX Vega 3 integrated graphics on the same die. Public benchmarks record a single-core score of 791 and a multi-core score of 1,587 — entry-level numbers with a usable integrated GPU as the saving grace. The catalog lists no discrete-GPU pairing for the roster, so Vega 3 carries all graphics work in these machines.

Games: CPU-side readiness

Measured purely as a processor, the chip clears the recommended CPU tier for 0 of 69 cataloged games. It meets the minimum tier for 26 of them — Minecraft, Valorant, Dota 2, League of Legends, The Sims 4, Doom Eternal, God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn among others — while modern titles like Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring and Counter-Strike 2 fall below minimum. These verdicts are CPU-only: actual playability depends on the laptop's GPU and RAM, and with integrated Vega 3 graphics, the realistic zone is older games at low settings.

Laptops that carry it

The era-correct machines in the roster are Dell's Inspiron 3585 from 2018 at $243 and Inspiron 5575, Lenovo's ThinkPad E485 business laptop at $275, and HP's 255 G7 at $339 from 2020 — textbook budget AMD portables of the chip's generation. The laptops around it typically show a median office comfort of 85, energy efficiency of about 73, a performance index of about 29 and portability of about 47 — pleasant, efficient everyday machines that were never meant for heavy work.

Bottom line

The Ryzen 3 2200U is a budget-tier APU in 2026, and its honest role is the same as at launch: inexpensive everyday computing with integrated graphics good enough for older or lighter games at minimum settings. Ranked 409th of 741 with zero of 69 games at the recommended tier, it suits a $240–$340 used laptop for browsing, office work and study — nothing more ambitious. Buyers who find its successor, the Ryzen 3 3200U, at a similar price get a modestly faster version of the same formula.