AMD Athlon II X2 250e vs AMD Athlon X2 7450

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 250e and AMD Athlon X2 7450 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.

AMD Athlon II X2 250e

AMD Athlon X2 7450

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 250e

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 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
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1201 vs 853
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1155 vs 789

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	September 2010 vs December 2008
Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1201 vs 853
PassMark - CPU mark	1155 vs 789

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 7450

2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 250e
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X2 7450

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1201

853

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1155

789

Name	AMD Athlon II X2 250e	AMD Athlon X2 7450
PassMark - Single thread mark	1201	853
PassMark - CPU mark	1155	789
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1407
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2355

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X2 250e	AMD Athlon X2 7450
Essentials
Architecture codename	Regor	Kuma
Launch date	September 2010	December 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$77
Place in performance rating	2081	2082
Price now	$76.73
Value for money (0-100)	7.49
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117 mm	285 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
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)	45 Watt	95 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)