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AMD Athlon II X2 250
CPUBoss recommends the AMD Athlon II X2 250 based on its overclocking.
See full details AMD Athlon II X3 420e vs X2 250 |
Released September, 2010
AMD Athlon II X3 420e
- 2.6 GHz
- Tri core
4.3 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 | 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
3.6 Out of 10
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 |
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 420e vs 250 among desktop CPUs
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Fire Strike | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
| 4.3 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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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 | Sep, 2010 | vs | Jun, 2009 | Release date over 1 years later | |||
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| Significantly higher clock speed | 3 GHz | vs | 2.6 GHz | More than 15% 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 | 2.6 GHz | Around 45% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.04 GHz | vs | 2.6 GHz | More than 55% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
| Higher Maximum operating temperature | 74 °C | vs | 72 °C | Around 5% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Athlon II X3 420e vs X2 250
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Athlon II X3 420e | vs | X2 250 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.6 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 | 2.04 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 X3 420e | vs | X2 250 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Voltage range | 0.78 - 1.25V | 0.85 - 1.43V | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 72°C | Unknown - 74°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 3.72 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.6 GHz | 4.04 GHz | |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 2,641.2 | 2,374.3 | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.6 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 | |
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