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| AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs 240 |
Released June, 2009
AMD Athlon II X2 250
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II X2 250
![]() | Higher clock speed 3 GHz | ![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.04 GHz |
![]() | Better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.72 GHz |
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Released July, 2009
AMD Athlon II X2 240
- 2.8 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the 240
![]() | Much more l3 cache 1 MB | ![]() | Much more l3 cache per core 0.5 MB/core |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Higher clock speed | 3 GHz | vs | 2.8 GHz | More than 5% higher clock speed | |||
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Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.04 GHz | vs | 2.8 GHz | Around 45% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
Better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.72 GHz | vs | 3.67 GHz | Almost the same | |||
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Much more l3 cache | 1 MB | vs | 0 MB | Compared to all cpus, 1 MB l3 cache is just OK | |||
Much more l3 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | vs | 0 MB/core | Compared to all cpus, 0.5 MB/core l3 cache per core is just OK |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Athlon II X2 250 vs 240
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon II X2 250
2,814
Athlon II X2 240
2,624
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon II X2 250
1,524
Athlon II X2 240
1,423
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon II X2 250
120,700 MB/s
Athlon II X2 240
112,300 MB/s
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon II X2 250
2,690
Athlon II X2 240
2,513
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon II X2 250
2,929
Athlon II X2 240
4,487
GeekBench
Athlon II X2 250
4,461
Athlon II X2 240
4,487
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Athlon II X2 250
1,750
Athlon II X2 240
1,642
PassMark (Single Core)
Athlon II X2 250
1,008
Athlon II X2 240
938
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Athlon II X2 250 | vs | 240 |
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Clock speed | 3 GHz | 2.8 GHz | |
Turbo clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3.3 GHz | |
Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
Socket type | |||
AM3 | |||
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 | |||
CLMUL | |||
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 | 1.67 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 52.81W | 52.81W | |
bus | |||
Clock speed | 2,000 MHz | 2,000 MHz |
details | Athlon II X2 250 | vs | 240 |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 2 | 2 | |
L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
L3 cache | 0 MB | 1 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 0 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 32 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 74°C | Unknown - 74°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclock popularity | 25 | 23 | |
Overclocked clock speed | 3.72 GHz | 3.67 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.04 GHz | 2.8 GHz | |
PassMark (Overclocked) | 2,374.3 | 2,103.5 | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.72 GHz | 3.67 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | None | None | |
Label | N/A | N/A | |
Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
3DMark06 | N/A | N/A |
AMD Athlon II X2 250 ![]() | AMD Athlon II X2 240 ![]() |
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