AMD Athlon II X2 250u vs AMD Athlon II X4 620
Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 250u and AMD Athlon II X4 620 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 250u
- CPU is newer: launch date 0 month(s) later
- 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 95 Watt
Launch date | October 2009 vs September 2009 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt vs 95 Watt |
Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 620
- 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
- Around 63% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
- 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
- 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
- Around 67% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1062 vs 637
- 3.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2019 vs 598
- Around 43% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 312 vs 218
- 2.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1083 vs 404
Specifications (specs) | |
Number of cores | 4 vs 2 |
Maximum frequency | 2.6 GHz vs 1.6 GHz |
L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB |
L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1062 vs 637 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 2019 vs 598 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 312 vs 218 |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 1083 vs 404 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 250u
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 620
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Geekbench 4 - Single Core |
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Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core |
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Name | AMD Athlon II X2 250u | AMD Athlon II X4 620 |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 637 | 1062 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 598 | 2019 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 218 | 312 |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 404 | 1083 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score | 0 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 3.01 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 8.801 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.185 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 3.384 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Athlon II X2 250u | AMD Athlon II X4 620 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Regor | Propus |
Launch date | October 2009 | September 2009 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $35 | $65 |
Place in performance rating | 3078 | 3091 |
Price now | $34.95 | $69.99 |
Value for money (0-100) | 8.43 | 12.37 |
Vertical segment | Desktop | Desktop |
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64 bit support | ||
Die size | 117 mm | 169 mm |
L1 cache | 128 KB | 128 KB (per core) |
L2 cache | 1024 KB | 512 KB (per core) |
Manufacturing process technology | 45 nm | 45 nm |
Maximum frequency | 1.6 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
Number of cores | 2 | 4 |
Transistor count | 410 million | 300 million |
Memory |
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Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
Sockets supported | AM3 | AM3 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt | 95 Watt |