AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon 64 2650e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 250 and AMD Athlon 64 2650e 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 250

• CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
• Around 88% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 3.9x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1199 vs 304
• 4.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1170 vs 274

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 2650e

• 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 250
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 2650e

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1199 304
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1170 274

Compare specifications (specs)