AMD Athlon II X2 250 - ADX250OCK23GQ (ADX250OCGQBOX)

CPU Information


The ADX250OCK23GQ / ADX250OCGQBOX, the first microprocessor from Athlon II X2 family, was introduced simultaneously with socket AM3 Phenom II X2, X3 and X4 CPUs. The 250 is clocked at 3 GHz, same as Phenom II 550. Even though the ADX250OCK23GQ has twice larger level 2 cache than the 550, it doesn't have level 3 cache, which results in slightly lower, up to 5%, performance of the 250. Performance of the Athlon II X2 250 is even lower, often by 10% or more, in memory intensive applications, including games. Comparing the 250 with Intel microprocessors is difficult due to big differences in microarchitectures and CPU core efficiency. Depending on application, the 250 can be as slow as Pentium Dual-Core E5200, while in other applications it may be on a par with or faster than Pentium Dual-Core E6300.

General information
FamilyAMD Athlon II X2
Model number  ? 250
CPU part numberADX250OCK23GQ
Box part numberADX250OCGQBOX
Frequency (MHz)  ? 3000
Bus speed (MHz)  ? 
  • 533? MHz Memory controller
  • One 2000 MHz 16-bit HyperTransport link
Package938-pin organic micro-PGA
SocketsSocket AM2+
Socket AM3
Introduction dateJun 2, 2009
Price at introduction$87
 
Architecture / Microarchitecture
Processor coreRegor
Core steppingC2
Manufacturing process0.045 micron
234 million transistors
Die size117.5 mm2
Data width64 bit
Number of cores2
Floating Point UnitIntegrated
Level 1 cache size  ? 2 x 64 KB instruction caches
2 x 64 KB data caches
Level 2 cache size  ? 2 x 1 MB caches
Features
  • MMX
  • 3DNow!
  • SSE
  • SSE2
  • SSE3
  • SSE4A  ? 
  • Advanced Bit Manipulation  ? 
  • AMD64 technology  ? 
  • AMD-V (virtualization) technology
  • Enhanced Virus Protection  ? 
Low power features
  • Cool'n'Quiet 3.0
  • CoolCore Technology  ? 
  • Dual Dynamic Power Management  ? 
  • Core C1 and C1E states
  • Package S0, S1, S3, S4 and S5 states
On-chip peripherals
  • Integrated 144-bit DDR2/DDR3 Memory Controller
  • HyperTransport 3 technology
 
Electrical/Thermal parameters
V core (V)  ? 0.85 - 1.425
Maximum operating temperature (°C)  ? 74
Thermal Design Power (W)  ? 65
 
Notes on AMD ADX250OCK23GQ
  • The fastest supported memory is DDR2-1066 and DDR3-1066

Pictures (6)

Athlon II X2 250 CPU
2009-07-09 23:53:21
Posted by: gshv

This processor was manufactured in the second half of April.
Athlon II X2 250 CPU
CPU - bottom view
2009-07-09 23:50:13
Posted by: gshv

Socket AM3 package has two fewer pins than socket AM2/AM2+ packages. This processor will fit into socket AM2/AM2+ sockets just fine, and will work there if supported by motherboard.
CPU - bottom view
Athlon II X2 250 Box
2009-07-09 23:47:47
Posted by: gshv

 
Athlon II X2 250 Box
Front view
2009-07-09 23:47:11
Posted by: gshv

Box has the same size as other boxed Phenom and Phenom II CPUs. Box design is similar to design of cheap Athlon X2 processors, like 4x50e/5050e energy-efficient series, and LE-16x0 series.
Front view
Side view
2009-07-09 23:42:07
Posted by: gshv

The box proudly states "True dual-core design", which only makes sense when this processor is compared to obsolete Pentium D dual-core processors (they were manufactured by combining two separate dies in the same package). All Intel Core-based processors can be also called "true dual-core design".

The box claims that the total size of cache is 2 MB. In fact, it's the size of L2 cache, and the total size of cache (L1 + L2) is 2.25 MB.
Side view
Back view
2009-07-09 23:26:24
Posted by: gshv

 
Back view

Benchmarks

Tested processor
CPU ID:0F62h
CPU vendor string:AuthenticAMD
CPU name string:AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 250 Processor
 
Motherboard MSI K9A2 Platinum
3DMark03 CPU score1426
3DMark03 game score3287
3DMark2001 score11795
7Zip compressing/decompressing speed2728
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score5144
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score (1 core)2660
CINEBENCH R10 OpenGL score2549
CINEBENCH R10 render time (seconds)171.9
Dhrystone 2.1 (VAX MIPS)4509.85
Doom 1.9s high detail (FPS)245.98
Doom 1.9s low detail (FPS)369.2
Euler3D1.18
Linpack 100x100 (MFLOPS)1682.82
PCMark2002 CPU score10423
PCMark2002 Memory score19714
Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)29670.7
Sandra MultiMedia Floating Point (it/s)75138
Sandra MultiMedia Integer (it/s)79499
Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)9435
Sandra Whetstone SSE2 (MFLOPS)12459.3
Super PI (1M)26.02
Whetstone (KWIPS)1738.49
WinRAR compressing/decompressing speed1225.33
wPrime v1.55 (32M)25.99
 
Motherboard ASRock M3A780GXH/128M
3DMark03 CPU score1465
3DMark03 game score3288
3DMark2001 score11780
7Zip compressing/decompressing speed2774
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score5160
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score (1 core)2669
CINEBENCH R10 OpenGL score2556
CINEBENCH R10 render time (seconds)171.4
Dhrystone 2.1 (VAX MIPS)4509.85
Doom 1.9s high detail (FPS)256.97
Doom 1.9s low detail (FPS)378.5
Euler3D1.26
Linpack 100x100 (MFLOPS)1686.41
PCMark2002 CPU score10408
PCMark2002 Memory score20383
Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)29565
Sandra MultiMedia Floating Point (it/s)74978.3
Sandra MultiMedia Integer (it/s)79340.3
Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)9416
Sandra Whetstone SSE2 (MFLOPS)12432.7
Super PI (1M)25.91
Whetstone (KWIPS)1742.95
WinRAR compressing/decompressing speed1280.67
wPrime v1.55 (32M)26.01

CPU ID

NOTE: CPU ID information below was taken from one CPU and may include features that are not present in all different steppings of the AMD Athlon II X2 250 CPU.

Manufacturer:AMD
Family:Athlon II X2
Model / Processor Number:250
Part number:ADX250OCK23GQ
S-Spec / Comment:CAEEC AE0916DPMW
Submitted by:CPU-World
General information
Vendor:AuthenticAMD
Processor name (BIOS):AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 250 Processor
Cores:2
Logical processors:2
Processor type:Original OEM Processor
Core stepping:DA-C2
CPUID signature:100F62
Family:16 (010h)
Model: 6 (06h)
Stepping: 2 (02h)

Cache: L2
Size: 1 MB
Associativity: 16-way set associative
Line size: 64 bytes
Lines per tag: 1
 
Instruction set extensionsAdditonal instructions
MMX Advanced Bit manipulation
AMD extensions to MMX CLFLUSH
3DNow! CMOV
Extensions to 3DNow! CMPXCHG16B
SSE CMPXCHG8B
SSE2 FXSAVE/FXRSTORE
SSE3 MONITOR/MWAIT
SSE4A POPCNT
  PREFETCH/PREFETCHW
  SYSCALL/SYSRET
  SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
 
Major featuresOther features
On-chip Floating Point Unit 1 GB large page support
64-bit / Intel 64 100MHz multiplier control
NX bit/XD-bit 36-bit page-size extensions
Secure Virtual Machine (Virtualization) Advanced programmable interrupt controller
  Core multi-processing legacy mode
  Debugging extensions
  Extended APIC space
  Hardware P-state control
  Hardware thermal control
  Instruction based sampling
  LAHF/SAHF support in 64-bit mode
  LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8
  Machine check architecture
  Machine check exception
  Memory-type range registers
  Misaligned SSE mode
  Model-specific registers
  OS visible workaround
  Page attribute table
  Page global extension
  Page-size extensions (4MB pages)
  Physical address extensions
  RDTSCP
  SKINIT and STGI support
  Software thermal control
  THERMTRIP
  TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states
  Temperature sensor
  Time stamp counter
  Virtual 8086-mode enhancements
  Watchdog timer support

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