AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Phenom X3 8750

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 250 and AMD Phenom X3 8750 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, 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 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• Around 25% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
• Around 22% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 357 vs 293

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X3 8750

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 23% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 790 vs 642

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 250
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X3 8750

Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	357 293
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	642 790

Compare specifications (specs)