i3-4100U vs Athlon II X2 250

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X2 250 and Core i3-4100U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2740not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.61no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Core i3
Power efficiency0.99no data
Architecture codenameRegor (2009−2013)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date2 June 2009 (15 years ago)4 June 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$39no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II X2 250 and Core i3-4100U 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)
Threads24
Base clock speed3 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus rateno data5 GT/s
L1 cache256 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm22 nm
Die size117 mm2118 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors410 million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 250 and Core i3-4100U 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
SocketAM3FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 250 and Core i3-4100U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data+
FDIno data-
AMTno data9.5
Matrix Storageno data-
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data+

Security technologies

Athlon II X2 250 and Core i3-4100U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
Anti-Theftno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X2 250 and Core i3-4100U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 250 and Core i3-4100U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel HD Graphics 4400
Max video memoryno data2 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II X2 250 and Core i3-4100U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon II X2 250 and Core i3-4100U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data3200x2000@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data3200x2000@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon II X2 250 and Core i3-4100U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data11.2/12
OpenGLno data4.3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 250 and Core i3-4100U.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data12
PCI supportno data-
USB revisionno data3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data4
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data4
Integrated IDEno data-
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 June 2009 4 June 2013
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

i3-4100U has an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more threads, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II X2 250 and Core i3-4100U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon II X2 250 is a desktop processor while Core i3-4100U is a notebook one.


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