So I bought an athlon ii x2 250 to try out on my board. I also have a 5050e.
anyhow
x2 250
2 x 1mb cache
3ghz
45nm
65W tdp
5050e
2 x 512kb cache
2.6 ghz
65nm
45W tdp.
I had expected the x2 250 to at least win at idle, its 45nm for god sakes.
Anyhow the test setup.
J&W minix-780G motherboard ITX
2 x 2GB ddr2-800 crucial CL6 sodimm
Western digital WD15EADS green drive
nec slim dvd-rw (i'm sure this draws some amount of power idle)
inwin-bm643's 120W power supply (reasonably efficient, but not as good as an earthwatts 380 by a watt at idle, previously tried this with an EA380 that i no longer have with the 5050e).
Anyhow here are the results for idle and load.
x2 250 at idle runs at 800mhz. voltage 1.018 v according to CPU-Z. The 5050e runs at 1000mhz .936V at idle.
Wattage on kill-a-watt idle for the 5050e=38 watts.
Wattage on kill-a-watt idle for the x 250=49 watts.
Orthos load.
x2-250 = 105W
5050e= 91W
Overall really disappointing for the x2 250 if you are trying to build a super low power system (such as mine).
I think its a great chip otherwise, but for this use maybe not. I guess the next chip to get will be the 600e/605e then.
anyhow
x2 250
2 x 1mb cache
3ghz
45nm
65W tdp
5050e
2 x 512kb cache
2.6 ghz
65nm
45W tdp.
I had expected the x2 250 to at least win at idle, its 45nm for god sakes.
Anyhow the test setup.
J&W minix-780G motherboard ITX
2 x 2GB ddr2-800 crucial CL6 sodimm
Western digital WD15EADS green drive
nec slim dvd-rw (i'm sure this draws some amount of power idle)
inwin-bm643's 120W power supply (reasonably efficient, but not as good as an earthwatts 380 by a watt at idle, previously tried this with an EA380 that i no longer have with the 5050e).
Anyhow here are the results for idle and load.
x2 250 at idle runs at 800mhz. voltage 1.018 v according to CPU-Z. The 5050e runs at 1000mhz .936V at idle.
Wattage on kill-a-watt idle for the 5050e=38 watts.
Wattage on kill-a-watt idle for the x 250=49 watts.
Orthos load.
x2-250 = 105W
5050e= 91W
Overall really disappointing for the x2 250 if you are trying to build a super low power system (such as mine).
I think its a great chip otherwise, but for this use maybe not. I guess the next chip to get will be the 600e/605e then.