Athlon II X2 250 vs Pentium 4405Y

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium 4405Y
2015
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
0.96
+41.2%
Athlon II X2 250
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.68

Pentium 4405Y outperforms Athlon II X2 250 by a considerable 41% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4405Y and Athlon II X2 250 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25062740
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.61
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency15.140.99
Architecture codenameSkylake (2015−2016)Regor (2009−2013)
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)2 June 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$39

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium 4405Y 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.5 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.5 GHz3 GHz
Bus typeOPIno data
Bus rate4 GT/sno data
Multiplier15no data
L1 cache128 KB256 KB
L2 cache512 KB2 MB
L3 cache2 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Die size98.57 mm2117 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors1750 Million410 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4405Y 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCBGA1515AM3
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4405Y and Athlon II X2 250. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Response+no data

Security technologies

Pentium 4405Y and Athlon II X2 250 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4405Y and Athlon II X2 250 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4405Y and Athlon II X2 250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth29.861 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 515On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
Max video memory16 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency800 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 4405Y and Athlon II X2 250 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
DVI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium 4405Y and Athlon II X2 250 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP3840x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort3840x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium 4405Y and Athlon II X2 250 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4405Y and Athlon II X2 250.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes10no 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.


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.

Pentium 4405Y 0.96
+41.2%
Athlon II X2 250 0.68

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.

Pentium 4405Y 1526
+41.3%
Athlon II X2 250 1080

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.96 0.68
Recency 1 September 2015 2 June 2009
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium 4405Y has a 41.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 983.3% lower power consumption.

The Pentium 4405Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II X2 250 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium 4405Y is a notebook processor while Athlon II X2 250 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 4405Y and Athlon II X2 250, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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