AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon XP 2600+
Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 250 and AMD Athlon XP 2600+ 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 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
- Around 56% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 1.92 GHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 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
- Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 68 Watt
- 3.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1197 vs 380
- 4.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1160 vs 242
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | June 2009 vs January 2001 |
Number of cores | 2 vs 1 |
Maximum frequency | 3 GHz vs 1.92 GHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 45 nm vs 130 nm |
L1 cache | 256 KB vs 128 KB |
L2 cache | 2048 KB vs 512 KB |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt vs 68 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1197 vs 380 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 1160 vs 242 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 250
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 2600+
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Athlon II X2 250 | AMD Athlon XP 2600+ |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1197 | 380 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 1160 | 242 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 357 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 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 250 | AMD Athlon XP 2600+ | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Regor | Barton |
Launch date | June 2009 | January 2001 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $39 | $23 |
Place in performance rating | 3193 | 3173 |
Price now | $189.95 | $23.03 |
Value for money (0-100) | 2.70 | 4.76 |
Vertical segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Performance |
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64 bit support | ||
Die size | 117 mm | 101 mm |
L1 cache | 256 KB | 128 KB |
L2 cache | 2048 KB | 512 KB |
Manufacturing process technology | 45 nm | 130 nm |
Maximum frequency | 3 GHz | 1.92 GHz |
Number of cores | 2 | 1 |
Transistor count | 410 million | 63 million |
Memory |
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Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
Sockets supported | AM3 | A |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt | 68 Watt |