Atom 330 vs Athlon II X2 250u
Primary details
Comparing Athlon II X2 250u and Atom 330 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Atom |
| Architecture codename | Regor (2009−2013) | Diamondville (2008−2009) |
| Release date | 20 October 2009 (15 years ago) | 2 April 2008 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $35 | $43 |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II X2 250u and Atom 330 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 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 0.1 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | FSB |
| Bus rate | no data | 533.33 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 12 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 112 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 117 mm2 | 51.9276 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 85 °C |
| Number of transistors | 410 million | 94 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.9V-1.1625V |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II X2 250u and Atom 330 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | AM3 | PBGA437 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 8 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 250u and Atom 330. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Athlon II X2 250u and Atom 330 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X2 250u and Atom 330 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 250u and Atom 330. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 8 GB |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 250u and Atom 330.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 October 2009 | 2 April 2008 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 8 Watt |
Athlon II X2 250u has an age advantage of 1 year.
Atom 330, on the other hand, has 100% more threads, and 212.5% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Athlon II X2 250u and Atom 330. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Athlon II X2 250u is a desktop processor while Atom 330 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II X2 250u and Atom 330, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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