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| Intel Pentium 4 541 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250 |
Released July, 2004
Intel Pentium 4 541
- 3.2 GHz
- Single core
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium 4 541
![]() | Higher clock speed 3.2 GHz | ![]() | Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.94 GHz |
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Released June, 2009
AMD Athlon II X2 250
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II X2 250
![]() | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm | ![]() | Much more l2 cache 2 MB |
![]() | Much better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score 2,690 | ![]() | More cores 2 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Higher clock speed | 3.2 GHz | vs | 3 GHz | More than 5% higher clock speed | |||
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Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.94 GHz | vs | 3.72 GHz | More than 5% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
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Much newer manufacturing process | 32 nm | vs | 90 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
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 better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score | 2,690 | vs | 961 | More than 2.8x better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score | |||
More cores | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Allows for maximum performance when needed, while conserving power and minimizing heat production when not needed | |||
Has virtualization support | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Boosts performance of virtual machines | |||
Significantly lower typical power consumption | 52.81W | vs | 68.25W | Around 25% lower typical power consumption | |||
Much higher Maximum operating temperature | 74 °C | vs | 67.7 °C | Around 10% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
Newer | Jun, 2009 | vs | Jul, 2004 | Release date over 4 years later | |||
Significantly lower annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | vs | 20.24 $/year | Around 25% lower annual home energy cost | |||
Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | vs | 73.58 $/year | Around 25% lower annual commercial energy cost |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium 4 541 vs Athlon II X2 250
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium 4 541
961
Athlon II X2 250
2,690
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium 4 541
2,129
Athlon II X2 250
2,929
GeekBench
Pentium 4 541
2,129
Athlon II X2 250
4,461
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium 4 541 | vs | Athlon II X2 250 |
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Clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 3 GHz | |
Cores | Single core | Dual core | |
Socket type | |||
LGA 775 | |||
AM3 | |||
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Has virtualization support | No | 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 | No | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 84W | 65W | |
Annual home energy cost | 20.24 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 73.58 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
Typical power consumption | 68.25W | 52.81W | |
bus | |||
Clock speed | 800 MHz | 2,000 MHz |
details | Pentium 4 541 | vs | Athlon 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 | 1 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 90 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Voltage range | 1.2 - 1.43V | 0.85 - 1.43V | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 67.7°C | Unknown - 74°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclock popularity | 5 | 25 | |
Overclocked clock speed | 3.94 GHz | 3.72 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4 GHz | 4.04 GHz | |
PassMark (Overclocked) | 806.4 | 2,374.3 | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.94 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 |
Intel Pentium 4 541 ![]() | AMD Athlon II X2 250 ![]() |
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