AMD Athlon X2 3250e 22W TDP Processor

[kenofstephen]

Hello all,

Last week I got a new Athlon X2 model processor,

which is for OEM only and have a TDP of JUST 22W!

I tested it a bit and below are some pics for your reference.

[lism]

Nice. Technically an 11Watts per core CPU. How is the overal performance? And how does it OC? lol. Any benchmarks? Is it passivly cooled?

[Morais]

22W is nice, mostly for HTPC builds...but 1500MHz? :/

[chew*]

I've been looking for this but apparently it was slated only to be sold to oem's not sold as oem.

22W is nice, mostly for HTPC builds...but 1500MHz? :/

it's meant to go head to head with atom, 1500 is all it needs

[kenofstephen]

I've been looking for this but apparently it was slated only to be sold to oem's not sold as oem.



it's meant to go head to head with atom, 1500 is all it needs

It should perform a lot better than ATOM with 1.5GHz.

[chew*]

It should perform a lot better than ATOM with 1.5GHz.

yah I figured it would now they just need to make it available to the public, I wanted to build one with a 780G and if my math is right the platform will draw 50w max........Amd needs to release this to the public, or not bother competing with atom, I will not buy a prebuilt rig with this cpu.....I want to set it up for my needs, not what someone thinks my needs are. You have a killawatt there? Would be nice to know if my math is correct for 780G.

[kenofstephen]

yah I figured it would now they just need to make it available to the public, I wanted to build one with a 780G and if my math is right the platform will draw 50w max........Amd needs to release this to the public, or not bother competing with atom, I will not buy a prebuilt rig with this cpu.....I want to set it up for my needs, not what someone thinks my needs are. You have a killawatt there? Would be nice to know if my math is correct for 780G.

I don't have the meter, but it should be <60W if I don't oc.

[kenofstephen]

yah I figured it would now they just need to make it available to the public, I wanted to build one with a 780G and if my math is right the platform will draw 50w max........Amd needs to release this to the public, or not bother competing with atom, I will not buy a prebuilt rig with this cpu.....I want to set it up for my needs, not what someone thinks my needs are. You have a killawatt there? Would be nice to know if my math is correct for 780G.

I use this board:

[nanohead]

it's meant to go head to head with atom, 1500 is all it needs

What really interesting is that it fits in the standard AM2 940 pin socket. The Atom requires you to use their NB/SB arrangement.

Interestingly, Intel is currently trying to prevent Nvidia from using Atom with a downscaled chipset they did called ION.

This could get interesting

[kenofstephen]

22W is nice, mostly for HTPC builds...but 1500MHz? :/

yup, right now I am testing the CPU with the best ITX board - MINIX 780G SP-128MB.

I am almost done and will upload more results soon, stay tuned!

[keyboard]

revision G2 ?
i found most AMD G2 processor's can run 2,8 Ghz plus .

i think this processor can run 2 Ghz + .

[kenofstephen]

revision G2 ?
i found most AMD G2 processor's can run 2,8 Ghz plus .

i think this processor can run 2 Ghz + .

you're absolutely correct, stay tuned!

[kenofstephen]

default vcore 300 HTT


default vcore oc


default vcore oc, more


default vcore oc, more and more


I still have more to come up, stay tuned ~

[kenofstephen]

2.3GHz done, still - default vcore



If you love my DIY case, please let me know

[spursindonesia]

I'm still using an Athlon XP Barton core laptop, so any chance of upgrading to an AFFORDABLE dual core K8 @1.5 GHz laptop with decent on board graphic is certainly appreciated by me.

[chew*]

that would be sweet if they sold a board like that

[kenofstephen]

cool case fan, isn't it?

[msimax]

nice

[Mech0z]

Wonder if its possible to tie with a atom in power usage now and get much higher performance at the same time.
If I get this and a HD4550, is there then some fancy idle features so that gfx dont burn a lot of watts while not doing anything? Because then I should be able to get a very cheap running HTPC

[chew*]

It does not meet amd's specs for a smooth HTPC experience. This is geared more towards low power consumption/longer battery life netbooks. IIRC correctly the 740g setup with the 3250e is only 5 watts over an atom platform, so 780g would be 10 watts at most.

[keyboard]

It does not meet amd's specs for a smooth HTPC experience. This is geared more towards low power consumption/longer battery life netbooks. IIRC correctly the 740g setup with the 3250e is only 5 watts over an atom platform, so 780g would be 10 watts at most.

agreed , since both of chip ( 3250e & 780g ) used less power , it would be true if it only have 10w ~ 15w power consumption .

[Calmatory]

Wonder if its possible to tie with a atom in power usage now and get much higher performance at the same time.

Look at it like this: Is it possible that AMD K8 architecture @ 65nm has better performance/watt than Intel architecture which is designed for low TDP applications and is manufactured at 45nm?

Simple answer: No.

[knopflerbruce]

Look at it like this: Is it possible that AMD K8 architecture @ 65nm has better performance/watt than Intel architecture which is designed for low TDP applications and is manufactured at 45nm?

Simple answer: No.

Simple answer: yes, it's POSSIBLE.

[Calmatory]

Simple answer: yes, it's POSSIBLE.

Do you understand that this AMD CPU is 1.5 GHz and has TDP of 22 W, while Intel Atom has TDP of less than 4 W? Dual Core Atoms will have TDP of 8 W.

You do the math.

Want to count the chipset in? 6W for the 945GSE chipset. So, 10 Watts for the CPU AND a chipset. Oh, that is less than 50 % of what AMD CPU takes alone.

Still possible?

[chew*]

Do you understand that this AMD CPU is 1.5 GHz and has TDP of 22 W, while Intel Atom has TDP of less than 4 W? Dual Core Atoms will have TDP of 8 W.

You do the math.

Want to count the chipset in? 6W for the 945GSE chipset. So, 10 Watts for the CPU AND a chipset. Oh, that is less than 50 % of what AMD CPU takes alone.

Still possible?

your math is off and it's already been tested.........atom platform does like 5 watts less........than the single core amd variant on a 740g.......ATOM also has a weakness, I forget what it was but the best way to decribe it is a one way street. In the watt department its a win, performance its a fail. I'll take the higher performance at the cost of 5-10 watts.