Athlon II X2 250u vs E1-1200

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Primary details

Comparing E1-1200 and Athlon II X2 250u processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD E-Seriesno data
Architecture codenameZacate (2011−2013)Regor (2009−2013)
Release date6 June 2012 (12 years ago)20 October 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$35

Detailed specifications

E1-1200 and Athlon II X2 250u 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
Boost clock speed1.4 GHz1.6 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography40 nm45 nm
Die size75 mm2117 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)100 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data410 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on E1-1200 and Athlon II X2 250u 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
SocketFT1AM3
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E1-1200 and Athlon II X2 250u. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4Ano data
PowerNow+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E1-1200 and Athlon II X2 250u are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E1-1200 and Athlon II X2 250u. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 7310On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by E1-1200 and Athlon II X2 250u.

PCIe versionno data2.0

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.

E1-1200 380
Athlon II X2 250u 598
+57.4%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 June 2012 20 October 2009
Chip lithography 40 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 25 Watt

E1-1200 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 12.5% more advanced lithography process, and 38.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between E1-1200 and Athlon II X2 250u. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that E1-1200 is a notebook processor while Athlon II X2 250u is a desktop one.


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