AMD Athlon X2 3250e 22W TDP Processor

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These "TDP" numbers and arguments are all pretty bogus, totally splitting hairs. Anything below 25-30 watts is pretty good in general for these types of devices. Atoms also have SEVERE limitations which have caused their adoption to be stymied to some extent.

TDP numbers are the newest thing for "expert" review sites to talk about, but at those levels, it doesn't matter that much, unless you're doing a super low power battery based state device, which Atom is not really being used for (this is the ARM market)

The 10 watt difference between the 3250e and the Atom 330 is well worth the difference for those building a standard device and want to choose which components to use. Atom based stuff is NOT the standard PC market....

You said it. ARM. Why wouldn't Intel want to get into ARM market with x86 CPU? That would allow people to run Windows and other x86 software on embedded devices, which currently run quite exclusively on ARM based CPU's.

I doubt this 3250e is trying to fight Atom really. Atom is also fighting VIA Nano, which is doing quite well. AMD also has to fight them.

As for TDP.. anything below 25-30W is good!? Have you ever used a device with a battery? What if the device is small, pocket sized?

No matter what the TDP is, Atom is way more energy efficient than what 3250e will ever be. <8 W vs.22 W.