AMD Athlon II X2 250
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AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Phenom II X4 955. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2009
AMD Athlon II X2 250
AMD Athlon II X2 250
Released
Q2/2009
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AMD Phenom II X4 955
AMD Phenom II X4 955

What's the best choice AMD Athlon II X2 250 or AMD Phenom II X4 955? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Athlon II X2 250 has a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. 2 / 2 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q2/2009.

AMD Phenom II X4 955 has a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 125 W. Released in Q2/2009.

Differences

  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 125 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Athlon II X2 250 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1240 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1410 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1229 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 6% better clock speed

    3.20 GHz left arrow 3.00 GHz
  • More number of cores

    About 2 times more cores

    4 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Phenom II X4 955 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    390 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    343 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    455 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    877 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    697 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1212 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1151 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    702 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    538 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    729 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    517 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    968 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Athlon II X2 250 AMD Athlon II X2 250
AMD Phenom II X4 955 AMD Phenom II X4 955
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Family
    AMD Athlon II left arrow AMD Phenom II
  • CPU group
    AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus) left arrow AMD Phenom II - 800/900
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 4
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Frequency
    3.00 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Phenom II X4 955 and AMD Athlon II X2 250. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1333 left arrow DDR2-1066
  • Max. Memory
    16 GB left arrow
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Athlon II X2 250 and AMD Phenom II X4 955 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 125 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Athlon II X2 250 and AMD Athlon II X2 250, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a left arrow SSE3, SSE4a
  • L2-Cache
    2.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    -- left arrow 6.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Propus left arrow Deneb (K10)
  • Technology
    45 nm left arrow 45 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow AMD-V
  • Socket
    AM3 left arrow AM3
  • Release date
    Q2/2009 left arrow Q2/2009

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Athlon II X2 250 and AMD Phenom II X4 955.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
399
AMD Athlon II X2 250
422
AMD Phenom II X4 955
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
756
AMD Athlon II X2 250
1401
AMD Phenom II X4 955

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