Athlon II X2 250u vs Athlon X2 7850 BE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 7850 BE and Athlon II X2 250u processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Kuma (2008−2009)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	28 April 2009 (15 years ago)	20 October 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$35

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 7850 BE and Athlon II X2 250u basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	1.6 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Die size	285 mm2	117 mm2
Number of transistors	450 million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 7850 BE and Athlon II X2 250u compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	AM2+	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	25 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 7850 BE and Athlon II X2 250u are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 7850 BE and Athlon II X2 250u. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

unknown

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 7850 BE and Athlon II X2 250u.

PCIe version

2.0

2.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	28 April 2009	20 October 2009
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	25 Watt

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