AMD Athlon II X2 250u vs AMD Phenom X4 9650

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 250u and AMD Phenom X4 9650 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 250u

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9650

• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• Around 44% higher clock speed: 2.3 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 42% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 904 vs 637
• 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1721 vs 598
• Around 30% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 283 vs 218
• 2.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 990 vs 404

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 250u
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9650

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	637 904
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	598 1721
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	218 283
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	404 990

Compare specifications (specs)