AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Ryzen 7 4700

Last updated: 2023-05-10

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon II X2 250		AMD Ryzen 7 4700
CPU comparison AMD Athlon II X2 250 or AMD Ryzen 7 4700 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Athlon II X2 250 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X2 250 was released in Q2/2009. The AMD Ryzen 7 4700 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 4700 was released in Q2/2022.

AMD Athlon II (52)	Family	AMD Ryzen 7 (68)
AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus) (18)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 4000G (22)
1	Generation	3
Propus	Architecture	Renoir (Zen 2)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Athlon II X2 250 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon II X2 250 is 3.00 GHz while the AMD Ryzen 7 4700 has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 7 4700 is at 3.60 GHz (4.40 GHz).
AMD Athlon II X2 250	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 4700
2	Cores	8
2	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.00 GHz	Frequency	3.60 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.40 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Athlon II X2 250	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 4700
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Athlon II X2 250 or AMD Ryzen 7 4700 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	--
	Technology
	Max. displays
--	Compute units	--
--	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	--
--	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
No	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	No
No	Codec VC-1	No
No	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD Athlon II X2 250 can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 7 4700 supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.
AMD Athlon II X2 250	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 4700
DDR3-1333	Memory	DDR4-3200
16 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	No
2.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	8.00 MB
2.0	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	12
--	PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon II X2 250 is 65 W, while the AMD Ryzen 7 4700 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Athlon II X2 250	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 4700
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	45 W
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Athlon II X2 250 is manufactured in 45 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 7 4700 is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 8.00 MB cache.
AMD Athlon II X2 250	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 4700
45 nm	Technology	7 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
AM3	Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)
AMD-V	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2009	Release date	Q2/2022
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X2 250 (32%)

AMD Ryzen 7 4700 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X2 250 (8%)

AMD Ryzen 7 4700 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X2 250 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	399 (32%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1252 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X2 250 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	756 (9%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	8732 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Athlon II X2 250 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	1145 (6%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	20255 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Athlon II X2 250 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1480 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Athlon II X2 250 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	6185 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X2 250 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	500 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X2 250 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	4834 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD Athlon II X2 250 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	160.8 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Athlon II X2 250 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	273 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X2 250 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	204 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X2 250 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	2114 (100%)

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