AMD Athlon II X2 250u vs Intel Core i3-4010U

Last updated: 2023-05-10

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon II X2 250u		Intel Core i3-4010U
CPU comparison AMD Athlon II X2 250u or Intel Core i3-4010U - 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 250u has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X2 250u was released in Q3/2009. The Intel Core i3-4010U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-4010U was released in Q3/2013.

AMD Athlon II (52)	Family	Intel Core i3 (205)
AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus) (18)	CPU group	Intel Core i 4000U (26)
1	Generation	4
Propus	Architecture	Haswell U
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	Intel Core i3-5010U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Athlon II X2 250u is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz. The Intel Core i3-4010U has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.70 GHz.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-4010U
2	Cores	2
2	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.60 GHz	Frequency	1.70 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
--	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 250u	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-4010U
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 4400
	GPU frequency	0.20 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.00 GHz
--	GPU Generation	7.5
	Technology	22 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	20
--	Shader	160
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
--	DirectX Version	11.1

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	Intel HD Graphics 4400
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Athlon II X2 250u supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-4010U can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-4010U
DDR3-1333	Memory	DDR3-1600
16 GB	Max. Memory	16 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
No	ECC	No
2.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	3.00 MB
2.0	PCIe version	2.0
--	PCIe lanes	12
--	PCIe Bandwidth	6.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon II X2 250u has a TDP of 25 W, that of the Intel Core i3-4010U is 15 W.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-4010U
25 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Athlon II X2 250u has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i3-4010U cache has a total of 3.00 MB.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-4010U
45 nm	Technology	22 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
AM3	Socket	BGA 1168
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2009	Release date	Q3/2013
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X2 250u (53%)

Intel Core i3-4010U (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X2 250u (40%)

Intel Core i3-4010U (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 250u 2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz	222 (53%)
	Intel Core i3-4010U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	416 (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 250u 2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz	423 (44%)
	Intel Core i3-4010U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	956 (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 250u 2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz	590 (36%)
	Intel Core i3-4010U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	1654 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 250u 2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz	229 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-4010U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 250u 2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz	425 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-4010U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	0 (0%)

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 250u 2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-4010U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	522 (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 250u 2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-4010U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	1105 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Athlon II X2 250u @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-4010U Intel HD Graphics 4400 @ 1.00 GHz	320 (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 250u 2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-4010U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	454 (100%)

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 250u 2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-4010U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	58 (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 250u 2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-4010U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	171 (100%)

Devices using this processor
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