AMD Athlon II X2 250u vs AMD Phenom II X4 810

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 250u and AMD Phenom II X4 810 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, 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 7 month(s) later
  • 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 95 Watt
Launch date October 2009 vs February 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 810

  • 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 63% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1037 vs 637
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1999 vs 598
  • Around 61% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 352 vs 218
  • 3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1207 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 1037 vs 637
PassMark - CPU mark 1999 vs 598
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 352 vs 218
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1207 vs 404

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 250u
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 810

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
637
1037
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
598
1999
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
218
352
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
404
1207
Name AMD Athlon II X2 250u AMD Phenom II X4 810
PassMark - Single thread mark 637 1037
PassMark - CPU mark 598 1999
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 218 352
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 404 1207
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.172
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.432

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X2 250u AMD Phenom II X4 810

Essentials

Architecture codename Regor Deneb
Launch date October 2009 February 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $35 $116
Place in performance rating 3085 2996
Price now $34.95 $115.99
Value for money (0-100) 8.43 7.94
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 117 mm 258 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 758 million
L3 cache 4096 KB (shared)

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