Athlon II X2 250 vs A8-5600K

Primary Details

Comparing A8-5600K and Athlon II X2 250 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1882	2581
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	3.69	3.61
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD A-Series (Desktop)	no data
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	2 October 2012 (11 years ago)	June 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$39
Current price	$52	$26 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

A8-5600K has 2% better value for money than Athlon II X2 250.

Detailed Specifications

A8-5600K and Athlon II X2 250 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	246 mm2	117 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on A8-5600K and Athlon II X2 250 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	FM2	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	65 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5600K and Athlon II X2 250 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5600K and Athlon II X2 250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 7560D

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A8-5600K outperforms Athlon II X2 250 by 163% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Performance score	1.84	0.70
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	65 Watt

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