Ryzen 9 4900HS vs Athlon II X2 250u
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Athlon II X2 250u by a whopping 2940% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3290 | 817 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 0.60 | 12.94 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Regor (2009−2013) | Renoir (Zen 2) (2020) |
| Release date | 20 October 2009 (16 years ago) | 7 March 2020 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $35 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II X2 250u and Ryzen 9 4900HS 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) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 30 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 117 mm2 | 156 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 410 million | 9,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II X2 250u and Ryzen 9 4900HS 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 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 250u and Ryzen 9 4900HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X2 250u and Ryzen 9 4900HS are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 250u and Ryzen 9 4900HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4-4266 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 68.27 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1750 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 250u and Ryzen 9 4900HS.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.35 | 10.64 |
| Recency | 20 October 2009 | 7 March 2020 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 35 Watt |
Athlon II X2 250u has 40% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 9 4900HS, on the other hand, has a 2940% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon II X2 250u in performance tests.
Note that Athlon II X2 250u is a desktop processor while Ryzen 9 4900HS is a notebook one.
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