AMD Athlon II X2 250u vs Intel Pentium G2030T

Last updated: 2023-05-10

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon II X2 250u		Intel Pentium G2030T
CPU comparison AMD Athlon II X2 250u or Intel Pentium G2030T - 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 Pentium G2030T has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium G2030T was released in Q2/2013.

AMD Athlon II (52)	Family	Intel Pentium (150)
AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus) (18)	CPU group	Intel Pentium G2000 (4)
1	Generation	4
Propus	Architecture	Ivy Bridge S
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

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 Pentium G2030T has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u	Characteristic	Intel Pentium G2030T
2	Cores	2
2	Threads	2
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.60 GHz	Frequency	2.60 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 Pentium G2030T
--	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 (Ivy Bridge GT1)
	GPU frequency	0.65 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.05 GHz
--	GPU Generation	7
	Technology	22 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	6
--	Shader	48
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
--	DirectX Version	11.0

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 (Ivy Bridge GT1)
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 Pentium G2030T can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u	Characteristic	Intel Pentium G2030T
DDR3-1333	Memory	DDR3-1333
16 GB	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	21.3 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
2.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	3.00 MB
2.0	PCIe version	2.0
--	PCIe lanes	16
--	PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 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 Pentium G2030T is 35 W.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u	Characteristic	Intel Pentium G2030T
25 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 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 Pentium G2030T cache has a total of 3.00 MB.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u	Characteristic	Intel Pentium G2030T
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
AM3	Socket	LGA 1155
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	Q2/2013
--	Release price	50 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X2 250u (44%)

Intel Pentium G2030T (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X2 250u (41%)

Intel Pentium G2030T (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 (44%)
	Intel Pentium G2030T 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	508 (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 Pentium G2030T 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	953 (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 (37%)
	Intel Pentium G2030T 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	1581 (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 Pentium G2030T 2C 2T @ 2.60 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 Pentium G2030T 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Pentium G2030T Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.05 GHz	101 (100%)

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