Athlon II X2 250 vs Athlon PRO 300GE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon II X2 250 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1597	2617
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.03	3.61
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon	no data
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2020)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	30 September 2019 (4 years ago)	June 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$39
Current price	$1116	$27 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon II X2 250 has 250% better value for money than Athlon PRO 300GE.

Detailed specifications

Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon II X2 250 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	4	2
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	12 nm	45 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	117 mm2
Number of transistors	4950 Million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon II X2 250 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	Socket AM4	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon II X2 250. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon II X2 250 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon II X2 250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR3
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

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.

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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 PRO 300GE outperforms Athlon II X2 250 by 309% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.86	0.70
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	12 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

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