AMD Athlon II X2 250 Processor Review

Synthetic Benchmarks Cont’d…
 
 
Passmark is yet another all round system benchmark but includes a set of credible Processor tests. Our Core 2 Duo E8400 flew through this benchmark, with a 20% lead and even pipping the 3.90GHz Athlon II!
 
 
Another clear win for Intel pushing a 28% lead over the X2 250. Once again, even when overclocked it was unable to match the E8400.

 
Now this particular ageing application is a bit of an oddball in that it heavily prefers Intel’s Core architectures. It goes without saying but we shall not be using this particular result to form our conclusions. Do however note the respectable scaling of the Athlon II with a 24% speedup from a 30% overclock.
 
 
Gaming Performance
 
 
Microsoft Flight Simulator X is a very CPU dependant game even in high resolutions and is therefore an ideal game for this test. Both processors held up high framearates however the E8400 still ran the show with an average framerate of just under 104fps, 27% higher than the Athlon II.
 
 
Racedriver GRID represented a 14% higher result for the E8400.
 
 

Interestingly, both processors were on par with each other in Call of Duty 4. The Athlon II X2 250’s overclock did not offer any performance gains.