Athlon II X2 250 vs Ryzen 5 8500G

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 8500G and Athlon II X2 250 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	547	2740
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	3.61
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	19.84	0.98
Architecture codename	Phoenix2 (2024)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)	2 June 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$39

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 8500G 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	5 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	4 nm	45 nm
Die size	137 mm2	117 mm2
Number of transistors	20,900 million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 8500G 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	AM5	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Athlon II X2 250. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Athlon II X2 250 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Athlon II X2 250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon 740M

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Athlon II X2 250.

PCIe version	4.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	14	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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	13.70	0.68
Recency	8 January 2024	2 June 2009
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	2
Chip lithography	4 nm	45 nm

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