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| AMD Phenom X3 8450 vs Athlon II X2 250 |
Released April, 2008
AMD Phenom X3 8450
- 2.1 GHz
- Tri core
Reasons to buy the AMD Phenom X3 8450
![]() | Much more l3 cache 2 MB | ![]() | More cores 3 |
![]() | More threads 3 | ![]() | Much more l3 cache per core 0.67 MB/core |
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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 clock speed 3 GHz | ![]() | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm |
![]() | Much better PassMark (Single core) score 1,008 | ![]() | Much better performance per watt 1.79 pt/W |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Much more l3 cache | 2 MB | vs | 0 MB | Compared to all cpus, 2 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 | |||
Much more l3 cache per core | 0.67 MB/core | vs | 0 MB/core | Compared to all cpus, 0.67 MB/core l3 cache per core is just OK | |||
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Much higher clock speed | 3 GHz | vs | 2.1 GHz | Around 45% higher clock speed | |||
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 (Single core) score | 1,008 | vs | 718 | More than 40% better PassMark (Single core) score | |||
Much better performance per watt | 1.79 pt/W | vs | 0.94 pt/W | More than 90% better performance per watt | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.72 GHz | vs | 2.66 GHz | Around 40% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
Much lower typical power consumption | 52.81W | vs | 77.19W | More than 30% lower typical power consumption | |||
Significantly higher Maximum operating temperature | 74 °C | vs | 70 °C | More than 5% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.04 GHz | vs | 2.1 GHz | More than 90% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
Significantly lower annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | vs | 22.89 $/year | More than 30% lower annual home energy cost | |||
Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | vs | 83.22 $/year | More than 30% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
Newer | Jun, 2009 | vs | Apr, 2008 | Release date over 1 years later |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Phenom X3 8450 vs Athlon II X2 250
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Phenom X3 8450
2,722
Athlon II X2 250
2,814
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Phenom X3 8450
998
Athlon II X2 250
1,524
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Phenom X3 8450
80,100 MB/s
Athlon II X2 250
120,700 MB/s
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Phenom X3 8450
2,641
Athlon II X2 250
2,690
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Phenom X3 8450
3,548
Athlon II X2 250
2,929
GeekBench
Phenom X3 8450
3,548
Athlon II X2 250
4,461
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Phenom X3 8450
1,887
Athlon II X2 250
1,750
PassMark (Single Core)
Phenom X3 8450
718
Athlon II X2 250
1,008
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Phenom X3 8450 | vs | Athlon II X2 250 |
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Clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 3 GHz | |
Cores | Tri 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 | 95W | 65W | |
Annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 0.94 pt/W | 1.79 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 77.19W | 52.81W | |
bus | |||
Clock speed | 1,800 MHz | 2,000 MHz |
details | Phenom X3 8450 | vs | Athlon II 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 | 2 MB | 0 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 0.67 MB/core | 0 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 65 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 70°C | Unknown - 74°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclocked clock speed | 2.66 GHz | 3.72 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.1 GHz | 4.04 GHz | |
PassMark (Overclocked) | 1,903.1 | 2,374.3 | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.66 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 Phenom X3 8450 ![]() | AMD Athlon II X2 250 ![]() |
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