AMD Athlon II X2 250u vs Intel Pentium E6500

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 250u and Intel Pentium E6500 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon II X2 250u

Intel Pentium E6500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 250u

CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt

Launch date	October 2009 vs August 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium E6500

Around 83% higher clock speed: 2.93 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1245 vs 637
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1183 vs 598
Around 63% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 355 vs 218
Around 55% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 625 vs 404

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.93 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
L2 cache	2048 KB (shared) vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1245 vs 637
PassMark - CPU mark	1183 vs 598
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	355 vs 218
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	625 vs 404

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 250u
CPU 2: Intel Pentium E6500

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

637

1245

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

598

1183

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

218

355

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

404

625

Name	AMD Athlon II X2 250u	Intel Pentium E6500
PassMark - Single thread mark	637	1245
PassMark - CPU mark	598	1183
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	218	355
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	404	625
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		13.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2.296

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X2 250u	Intel Pentium E6500
Essentials
Architecture codename	Regor	Wolfdale
Launch date	October 2009	August 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$35	$50
Place in performance rating	3085	3102
Price now	$34.95	$157.95
Value for money (0-100)	8.43	3.28
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Processor Number		E6500
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117 mm	82 mm2
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB	2048 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	1.6 GHz	2.93 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Transistor count	410 million	228 million
Base frequency		2.93 GHz
Bus Speed		1066 MHz FSB
Maximum core temperature		74.1°C
VID voltage range		0.8500V – 1.3625V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)