Athlon II X2 250u vs E1-2100

Primary details

Comparing E1-2100 and Athlon II X2 250u 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	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD E-Series	no data
Architecture codename	Kabini (2013−2014)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)	20 October 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$35

Detailed specifications

E1-2100 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Boost clock speed	1 GHz	1.6 GHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Die size	246 mm2	117 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on E1-2100 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FT3	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	9 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E1-2100 and Athlon II X2 250u. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, BMI1, ABM, SVM, AES-NI	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E1-2100 and Athlon II X2 250u are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E1-2100 and Athlon II X2 250u. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Max memory channels	1	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon HD 8210	On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of E1-2100 and Athlon II X2 250u integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by E1-2100 and Athlon II X2 250u integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by E1-2100 and Athlon II X2 250u.

PCIe version

2.0

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 May 2013	20 October 2009
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	9 Watt	25 Watt

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