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| AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs A4 4000 |
Released June, 2009
AMD Athlon II X2 250
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
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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Released May, 2013
AMD A4 4000
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the A4 4000
![]() | Has a built-in GPU Yes | ![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.02 GHz |
![]() | Newer May, 2013 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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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 | |||
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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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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 |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Athlon II X2 250 vs A4 4000
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon II X2 250
2,814
A4 4000
2,519
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon II X2 250
1,524
A4 4000
1,622
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon II X2 250
120,700 MB/s
A4 4000
1,830,000 MB/s
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon II X2 250
2,690
A4 4000
2,502
GeekBench
Athlon II X2 250
4,461
A4 4000
2,502
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Athlon II X2 250
1,750
A4 4000
1,809
PassMark (Single Core)
Athlon II X2 250
1,008
A4 4000
1,103
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Athlon II X2 250 | vs | A4 4000 |
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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 |
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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 |
AMD Athlon II X2 250 ![]() | AMD A4 4000 ![]() |
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