AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs Intel Core i3-2312M

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM3 Intel Socket G2 (988B)
Process size 45 nm 32 nm
Transistors 410 million 624 million
Die size 117 mm² 149 mm²
Package µPGA rPGA
Foundry Intel
tCaseMax 85°C

Performance

Frequency 3 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 15.0x 21.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.25 V
TDP 65 W 35 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Jun 2nd, 2009 Mar 1st, 2011
Codename Regor Sandy Bridge
Generation Athlon II X2 Core i3
Part ADX250OCK23GQ SR04PSR09S
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 2 2
Total Threads 2 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD 3000

Cache

Cache L1 256K 64K (per core)
Cache L2 2MB 256K (per core)
Cache L3 3MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes
EIST Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
Smart Cache Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes

Notes

Notes Can be "upgraded" to i3-2393M to operate at 2500MHz and 4MB L3 Cache by purchasing and downloading Intel software.

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