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| AMD Athlon X2 5050e vs II X2 250 |
Released October, 2008
AMD Athlon X2 5050e
- 2.6 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon X2 5050e
![]() | Significantly lower typical power consumption 36.56W | ![]() | Significantly higher Maximum operating temperature 78 °C |
![]() | Significantly lower annual home energy cost 10.84 $/year | ![]() | Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost 39.42 $/year |
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Released June, 2009
AMD Athlon II X2 250
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the II X2 250
![]() | Much more l2 cache 2 MB | ![]() | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm |
![]() | Much better PassMark score 1,750 | ![]() | Much better PassMark (Single core) score 1,008 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Significantly lower typical power consumption | 36.56W | vs | 52.81W | More than 30% lower typical power consumption | |||
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Significantly higher Maximum operating temperature | 78 °C | vs | 74 °C | More than 5% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
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 | |||
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Much more l2 cache | 2 MB | vs | 1 MB | 2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
Much newer manufacturing process | 32 nm | vs | 65 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
Much better PassMark score | 1,750 | vs | 1,347 | Around 30% better PassMark score | |||
Much better PassMark (Single core) score | 1,008 | vs | 781 | Around 30% better PassMark (Single core) score | |||
Much better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score | 2,690 | vs | 1,923 | Around 40% better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score | |||
Significantly higher clock speed | 3 GHz | vs | 2.6 GHz | More than 15% higher clock speed | |||
Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.5 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.72 GHz | vs | 3.18 GHz | More than 15% 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) | |||
Newer | Jun, 2009 | vs | Oct, 2008 | Release date 7 months later |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Athlon X2 5050e vs II X2 250
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon X2 5050e
1,869
Athlon II X2 250
2,814
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon X2 5050e
1,061
Athlon II X2 250
1,524
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon X2 5050e
70,550 MB/s
Athlon II X2 250
120,700 MB/s
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Athlon X2 5050e
1,923
Athlon II X2 250
2,690
GeekBench
Athlon X2 5050e
2,612
Athlon II X2 250
4,461
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Athlon X2 5050e
1,347
Athlon II X2 250
1,750
PassMark (Single Core)
Athlon X2 5050e
781
Athlon II X2 250
1,008
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Athlon X2 5050e | vs | II X2 250 |
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Clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 3 GHz | |
Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
Socket type | |||
AM2 | |||
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 |
details | Athlon X2 5050e | vs | II X2 250 |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 2 | 2 | |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
L3 cache | 0 MB | 0 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 0 MB/core | 0 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 65 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Voltage range | 1 - 1.25V | 0.85 - 1.43V | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 78°C | Unknown - 74°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclocked clock speed | 3.18 GHz | 3.72 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.6 GHz | 4.04 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.18 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 X2 5050e ![]() | AMD Athlon II X2 250 ![]() |
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