Name: Athlon II X2 250
Brand: AMD
SKU: 414637
Rating: 4.1 (36 reviews)

fast
flexible
overclockable and very affordable

there will be no Black Editions with unlocked CPU multipliers
it only supports memory speeds of DDR2-800 and DDR3-1066
currently still a little more expensive than DDR2

Processor socket: AM3
Clock speed: 3 GHz
Number of cores: 2
Thermal design power (tdp): 65 W
Processor lithography: 45 nm
Cache: 2 MB
Cache type: L2

AMD Athlon II X2 250 - Pros & Cons

fast
flexible
overclockable and very affordable
It looks like a pretty good punch for its price

there will be no Black Editions with unlocked CPU multipliers
it only supports memory speeds of DDR2-800 and DDR3-1066
currently still a little more expensive than DDR2
lack of L3 cache - only a traditional 128KB
edit a few documents and watch some video
not far off twice as fast in out HD video encoding benchmark
slightly more expensive AMD processors
lack of Level 3 Cache
larger dependence on the motherboard to reach a higher Hypertransport Base Frequency

AMD Athlon II X2 250 - Technical Overview

	Poor	Average	Good	Excellent
Processor lithography	45 nm Best: HP AMD EPYC 7702 Processor lithography: 7 nm
Number of cores	2 Best: Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor 7290 Number of cores: 72
Clock speed	3 GHz Best: AMD FX 9590 Clock speed: 4.7 GHz

AMD - Video Reviews (9)

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AMD Athlon II X2 250 - Full Specifications

Processor socket	AM3
Operating modes	64-bit

Cache	2 MB
Cache type	L2

Clock speed	3.0 GHz
Number of cores	2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65.0 W
Processor lithography	0.0 in

Thermal specification	165.2 °F

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AMD Athlon II X2 250 AMD - Editorial Reviews (5)

AMD Athlon II X2 250 Athlon II X2 250 and Phenom II X2 550 BE review

Guru3D.com

Published: 06.01.2009

Athlon II X2 250 and Phenom II X2 550 BE review

AMD is announcing two new dual-core processors today, one based on the Phenom II architecture... the other branded under the Athlon II series. As such let me reveal the names, AMD launches their AM3 socket 45nm process based Athlon II X2 250 and Phenom II X2 550 BE. Have a peek at the two new AMD goblins. Introduction

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