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
CPU 1
CPU 2
637
1062
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
598
2019
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
218
312
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
404
1083
Name AMD Athlon II X2 250u AMD Athlon II X4 620
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

Essentials

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

Performance

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

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 95 Watt