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| AMD Athlon II X2 250e vs 250 |
Released September, 2010
AMD Athlon II X2 250e
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II X2 250e
![]() | Much more l3 cache 1 MB | ![]() | Much more l3 cache per core 0.5 MB/core |
![]() | Significantly lower typical power consumption 36.56W | ![]() | Significantly lower annual home energy cost 10.84 $/year |
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Released June, 2009
AMD Athlon II X2 250
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the 250
![]() | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm | ![]() | Better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.72 GHz |
![]() | Higher Maximum operating temperature 74 °C | ![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.04 GHz |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Much more l3 cache | 1 MB | vs | 0 MB | Compared to all cpus, 1 MB l3 cache is just OK | |||
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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 | |||
Significantly lower typical power consumption | 36.56W | vs | 52.81W | More than 30% lower typical power consumption | |||
Significantly lower annual home energy cost | 10.84 $/year | vs | 15.66 $/year | More than 30% lower annual home energy cost | |||
Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost | 39.42 $/year | vs | 56.94 $/year | More than 30% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
Newer | Sep, 2010 | vs | Jun, 2009 | Release date over 1 years later | |||
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Much newer manufacturing process | 32 nm | vs | 45 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
Better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.72 GHz | vs | 3.6 GHz | Around 5% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
Higher Maximum operating temperature | 74 °C | vs | 72 °C | Around 5% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.04 GHz | vs | 3 GHz | Around 35% better overclocked clock speed (Water) |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Athlon II X2 250e vs 250
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon II X2 250e
2,818
Athlon II X2 250
2,814
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon II X2 250e
1,524
Athlon II X2 250
1,524
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon II X2 250e
120.7 MB/s
Athlon II X2 250
120,700 MB/s
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Athlon II X2 250e
1,949
Athlon II X2 250
1,750
PassMark (Single Core)
Athlon II X2 250e
1,080
Athlon II X2 250
1,008
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Athlon II X2 250e | vs | 250 |
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Clock speed | 3 GHz | 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 | |||
AMD64 | |||
SSE4.1 | |||
FMA4 | |||
FMA3 | |||
SSE4.2 | |||
ABM | |||
CVT16 | |||
AMD-V | |||
3DNow! | |||
Supplemental SSE3 | |||
AES | |||
TBM | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 45W | 65W | |
Annual home energy cost | 10.84 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 39.42 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 1.75 pt/W | 1.79 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 36.56W | 52.81W | |
bus | |||
Clock speed | 2,000 MHz | 2,000 MHz |
details | Athlon II X2 250e | vs | 250 |
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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 | 1 MB | 0 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 0 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 45 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Voltage range | 0.85 - 1.4V | 0.85 - 1.43V | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 72°C | Unknown - 74°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclocked clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3.72 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3 GHz | 4.04 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.6 GHz | 3.72 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 250e ![]() | AMD Athlon II X2 250 ![]() |
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