Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
AMD Athlon II X2 250
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2017
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
Released
Q2/2009
Overall score
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AMD Athlon II X2 250
AMD Athlon II X2 250

What's the best choice Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 or AMD Athlon II X2 250? Which processor is faster?

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 has a maximum frequency of 1.84 GHz. 8 Cores. Released in Q2/2017.

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.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1622 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    6 times more cores

    8 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1328 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1165 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1442 place
  • AnTuTu 8 benchmark
    88 place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 39% better clock speed

    3.00 GHz left arrow 1.84 GHz

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

Specifications

Technical data
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
AMD Athlon II X2 250 AMD Athlon II X2 250
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Qualcomm Snapdragon left arrow AMD Athlon II
  • Generation
    5 left arrow 1
  • CPU group
    Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 left arrow AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus)
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.

  • Frequency
    1.84 GHz left arrow 3.00 GHz
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow normal
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
    Qualcomm Adreno 512 left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU frequency
    0.60 GHz left arrow
  • GPU (Turbo)
    0.60 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • Shader
    128 left arrow
  • Generation
    5 left arrow
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow
  • Release date
    Q4/2015 left arrow
Hardware codec support

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Athlon II X2 250 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 660. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR4-1866 left arrow DDR3-1333
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 16 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 and AMD Athlon II X2 250 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 660, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow AMD-V
  • ISA extensions
    left arrow MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 2.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Kryo 260 left arrow Propus
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 45 nm
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow AM3
  • Release date
    Q2/2017 left arrow Q2/2009
  • Part Number
    SDM660 left arrow --

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 and AMD Athlon II X2 250.

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
330
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
399
AMD Athlon II X2 250
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
1356
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
756
AMD Athlon II X2 250

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