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02-Jun-2009

Athlon II X2 250 Review

The Athlon II series is based on the AMD K10 architecture and derived from the Phenom II series. However, unlike its Phenom siblings, it does not contain any L3 Cache. There are two Athlon II dies: the dual-core Regor die with 1 MB L2 Cache per core and the four-core Propus with 512 KB per core. Regor is a native dual-core design with lower TDP and additional L2 to offset the removal of L3 cache. The three core Rana is derived from the Propus quad-core design, with one core disabled.
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Athlon II X2 250 Performance Specification

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TDP (Power)

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Main Link

CPU Details

3 GHz

2 cores

Regor

65W

45nm

Socket AM2+ / AM3

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L3 Cache

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altair0616

19:24 Sep-08-2012

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how can i overclock that !$%£ :D

Serbia4fun

21:58 Nov-21-2012

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Easily. I overclock it to 3.45Ghz with stock cooler and it works perfectly! :)

SELFYYY

15:22 Aug-21-2012

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My Love My Athlon!

THE1ONE

19:35 Aug-20-2012

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why is this one worser than the 245e

MARKOZD14

16:50 Nov-28-2011

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good CPU, not best choice for gaming, but it will do good job for the price;)

Chyper

15:51 Aug-03-2012

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you got that right :)

Hellfire_zg

11:47 Aug-02-2011

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too weak for upcoming games but with some overclocking it can do wonders :)

Raystlyn

13:58 Aug-03-2012

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We are 1 year later and I've played many modern games on high :D

anthonystark

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same performance compare with c2d E7400. right?

Raystlyn

17:58 Aug-03-2012

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I think the core 2 duo beats it by very little, it has more cache memory, but the clocks on the athlon run faster

ghostnaipe

15:19 Dec-03-2012

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I can run modern games without trouble, the only game that the FPS lows down to 12-16 is "The War Z" when i enter into big cities like Campos City

DanteLetsPlay

13:27 Aug-01-2011

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I am happy with it.

mightywhitey5

18:06 Jul-30-2011

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great cpu !!

karamveer

10:59 Jul-14-2011

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does fine job in every prespective

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