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| AMD Athlon II X3 420e vs X2 250 |
Released September, 2010
AMD Athlon II X3 420e
- 2.6 GHz
- Tri core
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
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 | 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 |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Athlon II X3 420e vs X2 250
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Athlon II X3 420e
2,286
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 420e | vs | X2 250 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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 |
AMD Athlon II X3 420e ![]() | AMD Athlon II X2 250 ![]() |
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