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| AMD E2 3800 vs Athlon II X2 250 |
Released November, 2013
AMD E2 3800
- 1.3 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the AMD E2 3800
![]() | Has a built-in GPU Yes | ![]() | Much better performance per watt 18 pt/W |
![]() | Much lower typical power consumption 12.19W | ![]() | Newer manufacturing process 28 nm |
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Released June, 2009
AMD Athlon II X2 250
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Athlon II X2 250
![]() | Much higher turbo clock speed 3.6 GHz | ![]() | Much higher clock speed 3 GHz |
![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.72 GHz | ![]() | Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Has a built-in GPU | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required | |||
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Much better performance per watt | 18 pt/W | vs | 1.79 pt/W | More than 10x better performance per watt | |||
Much lower typical power consumption | 12.19W | vs | 52.81W | 4.3x lower typical power consumption | |||
Newer manufacturing process | 28 nm | vs | 32 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
Newer | Nov, 2013 | vs | Jun, 2009 | Release date over 4 years later | |||
More cores | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
Significantly higher Maximum operating temperature | 90 °C | vs | 74 °C | More than 20% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
More threads | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many threads | |||
Much lower annual home energy cost | 3.61 $/year | vs | 15.66 $/year | 4.3x lower annual home energy cost | |||
Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 13.14 $/year | vs | 56.94 $/year | 4.3x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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Much higher turbo clock speed | 3.6 GHz | vs | None | Compared to all cpus, 3.6 GHz turbo clock speed is just OK | |||
Much higher clock speed | 3 GHz | vs | 1.3 GHz | More than 2.2x higher clock speed | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.72 GHz | vs | 1.3 GHz | More than 2.8x better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.5 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
Better geekbench 3 single core score | 1,524 | vs | 758 | More than 2x better geekbench 3 single core score | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.04 GHz | vs | 1.3 GHz | More than 3x better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
Better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score | 2,814 | vs | 2,278 | Around 25% better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score |
Benchmarks Real world tests of E2 3800 vs Athlon II X2 250
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
E2 3800
2,278
Athlon II X2 250
2,814
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
E2 3800
758
Athlon II X2 250
1,524
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
E2 3800
654,900 MB/s
Athlon II X2 250
120,700 MB/s
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
E2 3800
2,186
Athlon II X2 250
2,690
GeekBench
E2 3800
2,186
Athlon II X2 250
4,461
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
E2 3800
1,614
Athlon II X2 250
1,750
PassMark (Single Core)
E2 3800
502
Athlon II X2 250
1,008
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | E2 3800 | vs | Athlon II X2 250 |
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Clock speed | 1.3 GHz | 3 GHz | |
Turbo clock speed | None | 3.6 GHz | |
Cores | Quad core | Dual core | |
Socket type | |||
BGA 769 | |||
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 | |||
Supplemental SSE3 | |||
AES | |||
TBM | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 15W | 65W | |
Annual home energy cost | 3.61 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 13.14 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 18 pt/W | 1.79 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 12.19W | 52.81W |
details | E2 3800 | vs | Athlon II X2 250 |
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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 | |
Manufacture process | 28 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Voltage range | 0.5 - 1.4V | 0.85 - 1.43V | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 90°C | Unknown - 74°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclocked clock speed | 1.3 GHz | 3.72 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 1.3 GHz | 4.04 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 1.3 GHz | 3.72 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | GPU | None | |
Label | Radeon HD 8280 | N/A | |
Latest DirectX | 11.0 | N/A | |
GPU clock speed | 450 MHz | N/A |
AMD E2 3800 ![]() | AMD Athlon II X2 250 ![]() |
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