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| AMD Athlon II X3 415e vs X2 250 |
Released May, 2010
AMD Athlon II X3 415e
- 2.5 GHz
- Tri core
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II X3 415e
![]() | Much more l3 cache 0.5 MB | ![]() | More cores 3 |
![]() | More threads 3 | ![]() | Significantly lower typical power consumption 36.56W |
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Released June, 2009
AMD Athlon II X2 250
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the X2 250
![]() | Significantly higher clock speed 3 GHz | ![]() | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm |
![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.72 GHz | ![]() | 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 | 0.5 MB | vs | 0 MB | Compared to all cpus, 0.5 MB l3 cache is just OK | |||
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More cores | 3 | vs | 2 | 1 more cores; run more applications at once | |||
More threads | 3 | vs | 2 | 1 more threads | |||
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 | May, 2010 | vs | Jun, 2009 | Release date 11 months later | |||
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Significantly higher clock speed | 3 GHz | vs | 2.5 GHz | 20% higher clock speed | |||
Much newer manufacturing process | 32 nm | vs | 45 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.72 GHz | vs | 3.25 GHz | Around 15% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.04 GHz | vs | 2.5 GHz | More than 60% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
Higher Maximum operating temperature | 74 °C | vs | 72 °C | Around 5% higher Maximum operating temperature |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Athlon II X3 415e vs X2 250
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon II X3 415e
3,236
Athlon II X2 250
2,814
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon II X3 415e
1,371.5
Athlon II X2 250
1,524
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon II X3 415e
101.05 MB/s
Athlon II X2 250
120,700 MB/s
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Athlon II X3 415e
2,246
Athlon II X2 250
1,750
PassMark (Single Core)
Athlon II X2 250
1,008
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Athlon II X3 415e | vs | X2 250 |
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Clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 3 GHz | |
Cores | Tri 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 | 1.7 pt/W | 1.79 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 36.56W | 52.81W |
details | Athlon II X3 415e | vs | X2 250 |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 3 | 2 | |
L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 0.67 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
L3 cache | 0.5 MB | 0 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 0.17 MB/core | 0 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 45 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 72°C | Unknown - 74°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclocked clock speed | 3.25 GHz | 3.72 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.5 GHz | 4.04 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.25 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 | |
bus | |||
Clock speed | 2,000 MHz | 2,000 MHz |
AMD Athlon II X3 415e ![]() | AMD Athlon II X2 250 ![]() |
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