AMD Athlon II X2 220 vs AMD Phenom X3 8250e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 220 and AMD Phenom X3 8250e processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 220

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 47% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 1.9 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1091 vs 729
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2010 vs September 2008
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz vs 1.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1091 vs 729

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X3 8250e

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1084 vs 1043
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 3 vs 2
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1084 vs 1043

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 220
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X3 8250e

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1091
729
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1043
1084
Name AMD Athlon II X2 220 AMD Phenom X3 8250e
PassMark - Single thread mark 1091 729
PassMark - CPU mark 1043 1084
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 339
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 603

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X2 220 AMD Phenom X3 8250e

Essentials

Architecture codename Regor Toliman
Launch date September 2010 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $32
Place in performance rating 2647 2651
Price now $32.19
Value for money (0-100) 14.92
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 117 mm 285 mm
L1 cache 128 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz 1.9 GHz
Number of cores 2 3
Transistor count 410 million 450 million
L3 cache 2048 KB (shared)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)