Intel Pentium D 915 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u

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General info

Comparing Athlon II X2 250u and Pentium D 915 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameRegor (2009−2013)Presler (2006−2007)
Release dateOctober 2009 (14 years old)23 July 2006 (17 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$35no data
Current price$22 (0.6x MSRP)$35

Technical specs

Athlon II X2 250u and Pentium D 915 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
Base clock speedno data2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz2.8 GHz
L1 cache128 KB16 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per die)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die size117 mm22x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data63 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data63 °C
Number of transistors410 million376 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage rangeno data1.2V-1.3375V

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 250u and Pentium D 915 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
SocketAM3LGA775,PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 250u and Pentium D 915. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NIno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parityno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Athlon II X2 250u and Pentium D 915 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X2 250u and Pentium D 915 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 250u and Pentium D 915. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon II X2 250u 597
+31.2%
Pentium D 915 455

Athlon II X2 250u outperforms Pentium D 915 by 31% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 95 Watt

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