AMD Athlon II X2 235e vs Athlon II X2 250

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Athlon II X2 250
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Athlon II X2 235e
AMD Athlon II X2 235e
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Games supported 53%

General info

Comparing Athlon II X2 250 and Athlon II X2 235e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking23912385
Place by popularity100no data
Value for money3.617.49
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameRegor (2009−2013)Regor (2009−2013)
Release dateJune 2009 (13 years old)October 2009 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$39$84
Current price$43 (1.1x MSRP)$60 (0.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Athlon II X2 250 and Athlon II X2 235e 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Boost clock speed3 GHz2.7 GHz
L1 cache256 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size117 mm2117 mm2
Number of transistors410 million410 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 250 and Athlon II X2 235e 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 configuration11
SocketAM3AM3
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt45 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 250 and Athlon II X2 235e. Depending on the motherboards, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Athlon II X2 250 0.86
Athlon II X2 235e 0.87
+1.2%

Athlon II X2 235e outperforms Athlon II X2 250 by 1% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon II X2 250 1080
Athlon II X2 235e 1095
+1.4%

Athlon II X2 235e outperforms Athlon II X2 250 by 1% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 37%

Athlon II X2 250 359
+6.2%
Athlon II X2 235e 338

Athlon II X2 250 outperforms Athlon II X2 235e by 6% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 37%

Athlon II X2 250 659
+10.8%
Athlon II X2 235e 595

Athlon II X2 250 outperforms Athlon II X2 235e by 11% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of Athlon II X2 250 and Athlon II X2 235e. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 1.1 Mh/s no data

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.86 0.87
Cost $39 $84
Boost clock speed 3000 2700
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

We couldn't decide between Athlon II X2 250 and Athlon II X2 235e. The differences in performance seem too small.


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