AMD FX-4320 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250

Comparative analysis of AMD FX-4320 and AMD Athlon II X2 250 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 FX-4320

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• Around 37% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm SOI vs 45 nm
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1564 vs 1199
• 2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3150 vs 1170
• Around 54% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 550 vs 357
• 2.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1472 vs 642

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 250

• Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD FX-4320
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X2 250

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1564 1199
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	3150 1170
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	550 357
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1472 642

Compare specifications (specs)