AMD Athlon II X2 250e
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e vs Intel Core i5-2500T. Specifications

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Released
Q3/2010
AMD Athlon II X2 250e
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Intel Core i5-2500T
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What's the best choice AMD Athlon II X2 250e or Intel Core i5-2500T? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Athlon II X2 250e has a base frequency of 3.00 GHz. 2 / 2 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 45 W. Released in Q3/2010.

Intel Core i5-2500T has a base frequency of 2.30 GHz. 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 45 W. Released in Q1/2011.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 30% better clock speed

    3.00 GHz left arrow 2.30 GHz

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1064 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1146 place
  • More number of cores

    2 more cores

    4 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-2500T CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1449 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Athlon II X2 250e AMD Athlon II X2 250e
Intel Core i5-2500T Intel Core i5-2500T
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus) left arrow Intel Core i 2000
  • Family
    AMD Athlon II left arrow Intel Core i5
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 2
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3 GHz left arrow 2.3 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Core Configuration
    2x left arrow -
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 4
  • CPU Threads
    2 left arrow 4
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    - left arrow 3.3 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    - left arrow No turbo
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.

  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 10.1
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 6
  • Generation
    - left arrow 6
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 650 MHz
  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow Intel HD Graphics 2000
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow 1250 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 2
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q1/2011
  • Shader
    - left arrow 48
  • Technology
    - left arrow 32 nm
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-2500T and AMD Athlon II X2 250e. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    16 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR3-1333 left arrow DDR3-1333
  • PCIe
    2.0 left arrow -
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 16
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 2.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Athlon II X2 250e and Intel Core i5-2500T Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    45 W left arrow 45 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Athlon II X2 250e and Intel Core i5-2500T, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Propus left arrow Sandy Bridge S
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
  • L2-Cache
    2.00 MB left arrow -
  • L3-Cache
    - left arrow 6.00 MB
  • Release date
    Q3/2010 left arrow Q1/2011
  • Socket
    AM3 left arrow LGA 1155
  • Technology
    45 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

No comparable benchmark results are available yet. Specifications alone do not determine which model is faster.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15

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