AMD Athlon II X2 250 - ADX250OCK23GQ / ADX250OCGQBOX

CPU » AMD » K10 families » Athlon II X2 » 250

Specifications

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 545. Even though the ADX250OCK23GQ has twice larger level 2 cache than the 545, 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.

Tools

AMD Athlon II X2 250 specifications

General information
Type	CPU / Microprocessor
Market segment	Desktop
Family	AMD Athlon II X2
Model number ?	250
CPU part numbers	ADX250OCK23GQ is an OEM/tray microprocessor ADX250OCGQBOX is a boxed microprocessor
Stepping codes	AAEEC AE CAEEC AE CAEHC AE CAEHE AE NAEIC AE WAEIC AE
Frequency ?	3000 MHz
Bus speed ?	533 MHz Memory controller One 2000 MHz 16-bit HyperTransport link
Clock multiplier ?	15
Package	938-pin organic micro-PGA
Sockets	Socket AM2+ Socket AM3
Introduction date	Jun 2, 2009
Price at introduction	$87

Architecture / Microarchitecture
Microarchitecture	K10
Processor core ?	Regor
Core stepping ?	C2
CPUID	100F62
Manufacturing process	0.045 micron 234 million transistors
Die size	117.5mm²
Data width	64 bit
The number of cores	2
The number of threads	2
Floating Point Unit	Integrated
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
Level 3 cache size	None
Multiprocessing	Uniprocessor
Features	MMX instructions 3DNow! technology SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSE4a ? ABM / Advanced Bit Manipulation ? AMD64 / AMD 64-bit technology ? AMD-V / AMD Virtualization technology EVP / 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 ?	0.85V - 1.425V
Maximum operating temperature ?	55°C - 74°C
Thermal Design Power ?	65 Watt

Notes on AMD ADX250OCK23GQ
The fastest supported memory is DDR2-1066 and DDR3-1066

CPUs, related to AMD Athlon II X2 250 (rev. C2)

Model Cores /
Threads Freq. L2
cache L3
cache TDP Features Price

AMD Athlon II X2 family, Socket AM2+ / Socket AM3

   Athlon II X2 245e 2 / 2 2.9 GHz 2 MB 45 Watt $62

   Athlon II X2 250 (rev. C2) 2 / 2 3 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt $47

   Athlon II X2 250 (rev. C3) 2 / 2 3 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt

   Athlon II X2 250e 2 / 2 3 GHz 2 MB 45 Watt $69

   Athlon II X2 B24 (rev. C2) 2 / 2 3 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt

   Athlon II X2 B24 (rev. C3) 2 / 2 3 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt

   Athlon II X2 255 (rev. C2) 2 / 2 3.1 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt $47

   Athlon II X2 255 (rev. C3) 2 / 2 3.1 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt

   Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3) 2 / 2 3.2 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt $48

   Athlon II X2 B26 2 / 2 3.2 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt

   Athlon II X2 265 2 / 2 3.3 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt $48

   Athlon II X2 270 2 / 2 3.4 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt

   Athlon II X2 B28 2 / 2 3.4 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt

   Athlon II X2 280 2 / 2 3.6 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt $49

   Athlon II X2 B30 2 / 2 3.6 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt

AMD Athlon II X2 family, K10 micro-architecture, Other sockets

   Athlon II X2 221 2 / 2 2.8 GHz 1 MB 65 Watt

Other families, K10 micro-architecture, Socket AM2+ / Socket AM3

   Athlon II 170u 1 / 1 2 GHz 1 MB 20 Watt

   Sempron 150 1 / 1 2.9 GHz 1 MB 45 Watt

   Athlon X2 5200+ (0.045 micron) 2 / 2 2.3 GHz 1 MB 65 Watt

   Sempron X2 190 2 / 2 2.5 GHz 1 MB 45 Watt

   Phenom II X2 570 BE 2 / 2 3.5 GHz 1 MB 6 MB 80 Watt Unlock

   Phenom II X3 B77 3 / 3 3.2 GHz 1.5 MB 6 MB 95 Watt

   Athlon II X3 460 3 / 3 3.4 GHz 1.5 MB 95 Watt $69

   Phenom II X4 980 4 / 4 3.7 GHz 2 MB 6 MB 125 Watt Unlock $163

• Highlighted numbers and features indicate whether specific processor performs better or worse than Athlon II X2 250 (rev. C2)

• Within each category, the CPUs are sorted from slower (at the top) to faster (at the bottom)

• The 'Price' column shows official AMD prices as of Jun 4, 2013. Prices for obsolete and tray-only processors are not provided.

• List of related CPUs is not complete.

• Features abbreviations:

Unlock - Unlocked multiplier

FAQ

Q: Can I upgrade my Athlon II X2 250 microprocessor?

A: Probably yes. CPU compatibility is determined by your motherboard. Please see CPU-Upgrade.com resource for CPU support list for your board.

AMD Athlon II X2 250 Overclocking

Sorry, overclocking information is not available at this time.

Pictures (6)


Back view
2009-07-09 23:26:24 Posted by: gshv


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.

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.

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


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.

Athlon II X2 250 CPU
2009-07-09 23:53:21 Posted by: gshv
This processor was manufactured in the second half of April.

News

Athlon II X2 benchmarks

May 03, 2010: A few weeks ago we acquired a lot of Athlon II processors with C3 core revision. Although we posted pictures and individual benchmarks to Athlon II CPU pages, and added the results to our benchmark database more than a week ago, we decided to provide benchmarks in more readable format, i.e. as a review.

Benchmarks

Benchmark tools

Compare AMD 250 (rev. C2) benchmark results with all tested CPUs from one of the following families:
To compare this Athlon II X2 CPU with any tested processor please proceed to
For additional benchmarks, comparing multi-threaded performance of this microprocessor with other Athlon II X2 CPUs and the fastest AMD and Intel x86 chips, please visit AMD Athlon II X2 250 (rev. C2) benchmarks page.

AMD 250 (rev. C2) benchmarks

The graphs below show up to 10 processors with aproximately the same level of performance in different types of applications. All processors were tested at nominal frequency (not overclocked), with stock heatsink and default BIOS settings. To see how the 250 (rev. C2) compares to other CPUs please see benchmark tools section above.

Benchmarked processor

CPU ID: 0F62h

CPU vendor string: AuthenticAMD

CPU name string: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 250 Processor

Integer performance

Part number Result

Intel Pentium G630T ?

100.5%

AMD Phenom II X2 545 (rev. C2) ?

100.2%

AMD Athlon II X2 250 (rev. C3) ?

100.2%

AMD Athlon II X2 B24 (rev. C2) ?

100.1%

AMD Athlon II X2 250e ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X2 250 (rev. C2) ?

100%

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 ?

97.9%

Intel Pentium E2220 ?

97.9%

Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 ?

97.9%

AMD Athlon II X2 245 (rev. C3) ?

96.8%

AMD Athlon II X2 245 (rev. C2) ?

96.8%

Floating Point performance

Part number Result

Intel Pentium E6600 ?

100.6%

Intel Core 2 Duo E7600 ?

100.2%

AMD Phenom II X2 545 (rev. C2) ?

100.1%

Intel Pentium G840 ?

100.1%

Intel Pentium G640 ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X2 250 (rev. C2) ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X2 250e ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X2 B24 (rev. C2) ?

99.8%

AMD Athlon II X2 250 (rev. C3) ?

99.7%

Intel Pentium E5700 ?

97.5%

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 ?

96.7%

MMX / SSE / SSE2 performance

Part number Result

AMD Phenom II X2 545 (rev. C2) ?

100.7%

Intel Pentium E5300 ?

100.2%

AMD Athlon II X2 250 (rev. C3) ?

100.1%

AMD Athlon II X2 B24 (rev. C2) ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X2 250e ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X2 250 (rev. C2) ?

100%

Intel Pentium 2.53 GHz ?

99%

Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 ?

98.3%

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 ?

98.3%

Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 ?

97.7%

AMD Athlon II X2 245 (rev. C3) ?

96.8%

Memory-intensive program performance

Part number Result

AMD Athlon II X2 250 (rev. C3) ?

101%

AMD Athlon II X4 610e ?

101%

AMD A4-3400 (HX) ?

100.9%

AMD Athlon II X3 425 ?

100.8%

Intel Pentium E6600 ?

100.1%

AMD Athlon II X2 250 (rev. C2) ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X4 2.6 GHz ZD260121K4216 ?

99.8%

AMD Athlon II X2 B24 (rev. C2) ?

99.7%

AMD Athlon II X4 605e (rev. C3) ?

99.5%

AMD Athlon II X2 250e ?

99.3%

AMD Athlon II X2 245 (rev. C2) ?

99%

CPU ID (6)

CPUID Tools

Our CPUID database contains 6 records for this microprocessor. See all submitted records.
Use our CPU identification tool to check features of your CPU.

CPUID features of Athlon II X2 250

NOTE: The 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
CPU Family:	Athlon II X2
Model Number:	250
Frequency:	3013 MHz

Part number:	ADX250OCK23GQ
Stepping Code:
Comment:	Athlon II x2 250 with GA-880GA-UD3H
Submitted by:	Krittawat Pattaramekanon

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: L1 data L1 instruction L2

Size: 2 x 64 KB 2 x 64 KB 2 x 1 MB

Associativity: 2-way set
associative 2-way set
associative 16-way set
associative

Line size: 64 bytes 64 bytes 64 bytes

Lines per tag: 1 1 1

Instruction set extensions Additional 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

RDTSCP

SKINIT / STGI support

SYSCALL/SYSRET

SYSENTER/SYSEXIT

Major features Other features

On-chip Floating Point Unit 1 GB large page support

64-bit / Intel 64 100MHz multiplier control

NX bit/XD-bit 128-bit SSE instructions

Secure Virtual Machine (Virtualization) 36-bit page-size extensions

PowerNow! / Cool'n'Quiet 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

LBR virtualization

LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8

Machine check architecture

Machine check exception

Memory-type range registers

Misaligned SSE mode

Model-specific registers

Nested page tables

OS visible workaround

Page attribute table

Page global extension

Page-size extensions (4MB pages)

Physical address extensions

SVM lock

Software thermal control

Support for NRIP save

THERMTRIP

TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states

Temperature sensor

Time stamp counter

Virtual 8086-mode enhancements

Watchdog timer support

Comments (0)

You're welcome to post suggestions, corrections, your own personal AMD Athlon II X2 250 review, or your experience with the microprocessor. Please do not ask upgrade and troubleshooting questions, and do not start discussions.

Last modified: 13 Jun 2013