Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2 and AMD Athlon II X2 250 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, 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).

Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2

AMD Athlon II X2 250

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2

13 more cores, run more applications at once: 15 vs 2
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.10 GHz vs 3 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1493 vs 1199
32.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 38263 vs 1170

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	15 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.10 GHz vs 3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 45 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1493 vs 1199
PassMark - CPU mark	38263 vs 1170

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 250

2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 130 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X2 250

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1493

1199

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

38263

1170

Name	Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2	AMD Athlon II X2 250
PassMark - Single thread mark	1493	1199
PassMark - CPU mark	38263	1170
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		357
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		642
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1.714

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2	AMD Athlon II X2 250
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge	Regor
Launch date	Q1'14	June 2009
Place in performance rating	1078	3204
Processor Number	E7-4880V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v2 Family
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$39
Price now		$189.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.70
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.50 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	73°C
Maximum frequency	3.10 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	15	2
Number of QPI Links	3
Number of threads	30
Die size		117 mm
L1 cache		256 KB
L2 cache		2048 KB
Transistor count		410 million
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	85 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR3 1066/1333/1600	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Package Size	52mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	32
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	S4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)