AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs A4 4000

older Released June, 2009

AMD Athlon II X2 250

3 GHz
Dual core

Front view of AMD Athlon II X2 250

3 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II X2 250

	Much more l2 cache 2 MB		Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core
	Significantly higher Maximum operating temperature 74 °C		Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.04 GHz

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older Released May, 2013

AMD A4 4000

3 GHz
Dual core

Front view of AMD A4 4000

5.4 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the A4 4000

	Has a built-in GPU Yes		Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.02 GHz
	Newer May, 2013

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Athlon II X2 250 4.5 A4 4000 4.3 Core i3 3220 8.3
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Athlon II X2 250 3.8 A4 4000 5.1 Core i3 3220 6.9
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Athlon II X2 250 n.d. A4 4000 n.d. Core i3 3220 n.d.
Fire Strike

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Athlon II X2 250 0.0 A4 4000 6.8 Core i3 3220 0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Athlon II X2 250 3.4 A4 4000 5.3 Core i3 3220 5.7
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Athlon II X2 250 n.d. A4 4000 n.d. Core i3 3220 n.d.
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

5.4	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Athlon II X2 250 3.0 A4 4000 5.4 Core i3 3220 5.3

Winner
AMD Athlon II X2 250

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Reasons to consider the
AMD Athlon II X2 250

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Much more l2 cache

2 MB

vs

1 MB

2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later

Much more l2 cache per core

1 MB/core

vs

0.5 MB/core

2x more l2 cache per core

Significantly higher Maximum operating temperature

74 °C

vs

70 °C

More than 5% higher Maximum operating temperature

Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water)

4.04 GHz

vs

3.49 GHz

More than 15% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

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AMD A4 4000

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Has a built-in GPU

Yes

vs

No

Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required

Much better overclocked clock speed (Air)

4.02 GHz

vs

3.72 GHz

Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Newer

May, 2013

vs

Jun, 2009

Release date over 3 years later

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Athlon II X2 250

2,814

2,519

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Athlon II X2 250

1,524

1,622

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Athlon II X2 250

120,700 MB/s

1,830,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Athlon II X2 250

2,690

2,502

GeekBench

Athlon II X2 250

4,461

2,502

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Athlon II X2 250

1,750

1,809

PassMark (Single Core)

Athlon II X2 250

1,008

1,103

summary	Athlon II X2 250	vs	A4 4000
Clock speed	3 GHz		3 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.6 GHz		3 GHz
Cores	Dual core		Dual core
Is unlocked	No		No
features
Has a NX bit	Yes		Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes		Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE4a
AVX 1.1
SSE2
F16C
MMX
XOP
AVX
SSE3
SSE
BMI1
AMD64
SSE4.1
FMA4
FMA3
SSE4.2
ABM
CVT16
AMD-V
Supplemental SSE3
AES
TBM
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes		Yes
power consumption
TDP	65W		65W
Annual home energy cost	15.66 $/year		15.66 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	56.94 $/year		56.94 $/year
Performance per watt	1.79 pt/W		5.4 pt/W
Typical power consumption	52.81W		52.81W

details	Athlon II X2 250	vs	A4 4000
Architecture	x86-64		x86-64
Threads	2		2
L2 cache	2 MB		1 MB
L2 cache per core	1 MB/core		0.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	32 nm		32 nm
Max CPUs	1		1
Voltage range	0.85 - 1.43V		0.8 - 1.45V
Operating temperature	Unknown - 74°C		Unknown - 70°C
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	3.72 GHz		4.02 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	4.04 GHz		3.49 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	2,374.3		1,069.1
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.72 GHz		4.02 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	None		GPU
Label	N/A		Radeon™ HD 7480D
Latest DirectX	N/A		11.0
GPU clock speed	N/A		720 MHz

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