AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs 5150 |
Released June, 2009
AMD Athlon II X2 250
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II X2 250
 | Much higher clock speed 3 GHz | | Has a NX bit Yes |
| | Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core | | Significantly higher Maximum operating temperature 74 °C |
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Released December, 2013
AMD Athlon 5150
- 1.6 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the 5150
| | Has a built-in GPU Yes | | More cores 4 |
| | More threads 4 | | Much lower typical power consumption 20.31W |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much higher clock speed | 3 GHz | vs | 1.6 GHz | More than 85% higher clock speed | |||
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| Has a NX bit | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Prevents a common class of security exploits | |||
| 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 | |||
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| Has a built-in GPU | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required | |||
| More cores | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| More threads | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many threads | |||
| Much lower typical power consumption | 20.31W | vs | 52.81W | 2.6x lower typical power consumption | |||
| Newer manufacturing process | 28 nm | vs | 32 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Much lower annual home energy cost | 6.02 $/year | vs | 15.66 $/year | 2.6x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 21.9 $/year | vs | 56.94 $/year | 2.6x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Newer | Dec, 2013 | vs | Jun, 2009 | Release date over 4 years later | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Athlon II X2 250 vs 5150
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Athlon II X2 250 | vs | 5150 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3 GHz | 1.6 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Quad core | |
| Socket type | |||
| AM3 | |||
| FS1b | |||
| Is unlocked | No | No | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | No | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE Family | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| AVX 1.1 | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| F16C | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| 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 | |
details | Athlon II X2 250 | vs | 5150 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 2 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm | 28 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 74°C | Unknown - 70°C | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | GPU | |
| Label | N/A | Radeon HD 8400 | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | 600 MHz | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 65W | 25W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | 6.02 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | 21.9 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 1.79 pt/W | 3.73 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 52.81W | 20.31W | |
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