Athlon II X2 250u vs E-450

Place in the ranking	2910	3032
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD E-Series	no data
Power efficiency	2.52	1.44
Architecture codename	Zacate (2011−2013)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	22 August 2011 (13 years ago)	20 October 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$35

Detailed specifications

E-450 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	1.65 GHz	1.6 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	40 nm	45 nm
Die size	75 mm²	117 mm²
Number of transistors	no data	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on E-450 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	FT1 BGA 413-Ball	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E-450 and Athlon II X2 250u. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E-450 and Athlon II X2 250u are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E-450 and Athlon II X2 250u. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3 Single-channel

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 6320

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by E-450 and Athlon II X2 250u.

PCIe version

no data

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.

E-450 0.48
+26.3%

Athlon II X2 250u 0.38

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.

E-450 765
+27.9%

Athlon II X2 250u 598

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.48	0.38
Recency	22 August 2011	20 October 2009
Chip lithography	40 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	25 Watt

E-450 has a 26.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 12.5% more advanced lithography process, and 38.9% lower power consumption.

The E-450 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II X2 250u in performance tests.

Be aware that E-450 is a notebook processor while Athlon II X2 250u is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between E-450 and Athlon II X2 250u, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.