A4-5300B vs Athlon II X2 250e

Place in the ranking	2676	2619
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.04	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.54	1.15
Architecture codename	Regor (2009−2013)	Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date	21 September 2010 (14 years ago)	2 October 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$77	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II X2 250e and A4-5300B 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	3 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	117 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	70 °C
Number of transistors	410 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 250e and A4-5300B 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	AM3	FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	65 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X2 250e and A4-5300B are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 250e and A4-5300B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon HD 7480D

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 250e and A4-5300B.

PCIe version

2.0

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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 250e 0.73

A4-5300B 0.79
+8.2%

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.

Athlon II X2 250e 1155

A4-5300B 1247
+8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.73	0.79
Recency	21 September 2010	2 October 2012
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	65 Watt

Athlon II X2 250e has 44.4% lower power consumption.

A4-5300B, on the other hand, has a 8.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Athlon II X2 250e and A4-5300B.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II X2 250e and A4-5300B, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.