AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 245 and AMD Athlon II X2 250 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon II X2 245

AMD Athlon II X2 250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 245

CPU is newer: launch date 0 month(s) later
Around 1% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 648 vs 642

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	July 2009 vs June 2009
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	648 vs 642

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 250

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1199 vs 1134
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1170 vs 1126

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1199 vs 1134
PassMark - CPU mark	1170 vs 1126

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 245
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X2 250

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1134

1199

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1126

1170

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

357

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

648

642

Name	AMD Athlon II X2 245	AMD Athlon II X2 250
PassMark - Single thread mark	1134	1199
PassMark - CPU mark	1126	1170
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	357	357
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	648	642
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1.714

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X2 245	AMD Athlon II X2 250
Essentials
Architecture codename	Regor	Regor
Launch date	July 2009	June 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$35	$39
Place in performance rating	2619	3204
Price now	$34.95	$189.95
Value for money (0-100)	13.95	2.70
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117 mm	117 mm
L1 cache	256 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB	2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Transistor count	410 million	410 million
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt