AMD Athlon II X4 615e vs X2 250e |
Released September, 2010
AMD Athlon II X4 615e
- 2.5 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II X4 615e
 | More cores 4 | | More threads 4 |
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Released September, 2010
AMD Athlon II X2 250e
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the X2 250e
| | Much higher clock speed 3 GHz |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| More cores | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
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| More threads | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many threads | |||
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| Much higher clock speed | 3 GHz | vs | 2.5 GHz | 20% higher clock speed | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Athlon II X4 615e vs X2 250e
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Athlon II X4 615e | vs | X2 250e |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 3 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad 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 | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 45W | 45W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 10.84 $/year | 10.84 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 39.42 $/year | 39.42 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 1.94 pt/W | 1.75 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 36.56W | 36.56W | |
details | Athlon II X4 615e | vs | X2 250e |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 4 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 0.5 MB | 1 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 0.13 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 45 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Voltage range | 0.78 - 1.25V | 0.85 - 1.4V | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 72°C | Unknown - 72°C | |
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 | |
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