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).

AMD Athlon II X2 250u

AMD Athlon II X4 620

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 66% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1062 vs 638
3.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2018 vs 597
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 638
PassMark - CPU mark	2018 vs 597
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

638

1062

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

597

2018

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	638	1062
PassMark - CPU mark	597	2018
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	3077	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