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| 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 |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Athlon II X2 250 vs 5150
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon II X2 250
2,814
Athlon 5150
2,942
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon II X2 250
1,524
Athlon 5150
925
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon II X2 250
120,700 MB/s
Athlon 5150
819.5 MB/s
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Athlon II X2 250 | vs | 5150 |
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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 |
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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 |
AMD Athlon II X2 250 ![]() | AMD Athlon 5150 ![]() |
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