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 | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of E2 3800 vs Athlon II X2 250
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
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | E2 3800 | vs | Athlon II X2 250 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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