AMD Phenom X3 8250e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom X3 8250e and AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X3 8250e

• CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 89 Watt
• Around 66% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1084 vs 653

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+

• Around 58% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 1.9 GHz
• Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 746 vs 729

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom X3 8250e
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	729 746
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1084 653

Compare specifications (specs)