AMD Athlon II X3 440 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 440 and AMD Athlon II X2 250u 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 440

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
  • Around 88% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 87% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1194 vs 638
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1712 vs 597
  • Around 67% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 364 vs 218
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 942 vs 404
Specifications (specs)
Launch date January 2010 vs October 2009
Number of cores 3 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3 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 1194 vs 638
PassMark - CPU mark 1712 vs 597
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 364 vs 218
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 942 vs 404

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 250u

  • 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 440
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X2 250u

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1194
638
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1712
597
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
364
218
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
942
404
Name AMD Athlon II X3 440 AMD Athlon II X2 250u
PassMark - Single thread mark 1194 638
PassMark - CPU mark 1712 597
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 364 218
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 942 404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6.176
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.124
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.984

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X3 440 AMD Athlon II X2 250u

Essentials

Architecture codename Rana Regor
Launch date January 2010 October 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $47 $35
Place in performance rating 3075 3077
Price now $26.99 $34.95
Value for money (0-100) 28.04 8.43
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 169 mm 117 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 1.6 GHz
Number of cores 3 2
Transistor count 300 million 410 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) 95 Watt 25 Watt