Performance per price, higher is better.
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs Intel Pentium E6600
Price now
82$
Games supported
53%
- Interface
- Core clock speed
- Max video memory
- Memory type
- Memory clock speed
- Maximum resolution
- Interface
- Core clock speed
- Max video memory
- Memory type
- Memory clock speed
- Maximum resolution
Price now
43$
Games supported
53%
General info
Comparing Pentium E6600 and Athlon II X2 250 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2389 | 2398 |
| Place by popularity | no data | 73 |
| Value for money | 0.02 | 3.61 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Architecture codename | Wolfdale (2008−2010) | Regor (2009−2013) |
| Release date | 17 January 2010 (13 years old) | June 2009 (14 years old) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $16 | $39 |
| Current price | $82 (5.1x MSRP) | $43 (1.1x MSRP) |
Value for money
Technical specs
Pentium E6600 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.06 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 0.07 GHz | 3 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 82 mm2 | 117 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 74 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 228 million | 410 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | no data |
| VID voltage range | 0.85V – 1.3625V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium E6600 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 | 1 |
| Socket | LGA775 | AM3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E6600 and Athlon II X2 250. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | - | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium E6600 and Athlon II X2 250 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E6600 and Athlon II X2 250 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E6600 and Athlon II X2 250. Depending on the motherboards, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E6600 and Athlon II X2 250.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 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.
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 E6600 outperforms Athlon II X2 250 by 1% in our combined benchmark results.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Pentium E6600 outperforms Athlon II X2 250 by 2% in Passmark.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 37%
Pentium E6600 outperforms Athlon II X2 250 by 5% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 37%
Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of Pentium E6600 and Athlon II X2 250. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
| Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) | no data | 1.1 Mh/s |
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 0.87 | 0.86 |
| Cost | $16 | $39 |
| Boost clock speed | 3067 | 3000 |
We couldn't decide between Pentium E6600 and Athlon II X2 250. The differences in performance seem too small.
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