AMD Athlon II X3 445 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 445 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 445

• CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• Around 94% higher clock speed: 3.1 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
• 2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1273 vs 637
• 3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1826 vs 598
• Around 76% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 383 vs 218
• 2.6x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1036 vs 404

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 250u

• 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 445
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X2 250u

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1273 637
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1826 598
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	383 218
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1036 404

Compare specifications (specs)