Athlon II X2 250 vs Athlon II X3 415e

Place in the ranking	2528	2725
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.97	3.61
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.91	0.99
Architecture codename	Rana (2009−2011)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	11 May 2010 (14 years ago)	2 June 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$75	$39

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon II X2 250 has 272% better value for money than Athlon II X3 415e.

Detailed specifications

Athlon II X3 415e 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	3 (Tri-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	3	2
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	169 mm²	117 mm²
Number of transistors	300 million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X3 415e 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	AM3	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	65 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X3 415e and Athlon II X2 250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X3 415e and Athlon II X2 250.

PCIe version

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.

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.

Athlon II X3 415e 0.91
+33.8%

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.

Athlon II X3 415e 1441
+33.4%

Athlon II X2 250 1080

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.91	0.68
Recency	11 May 2010	2 June 2009
Physical cores	3	2
Threads	3	2
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	65 Watt

Athlon II X3 415e has a 33.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 months, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and 44.4% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II X3 415e is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II X2 250 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II X3 415e and Athlon II X2 250, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.