Athlon II X2 250 vs Celeron Dual-Core T1600

Primary details

Comparing Celeron Dual-Core T1600 and Athlon II X2 250 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2759	2691
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	3.61
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Celeron Dual-Core	no data
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	1 May 2008 (16 years ago)	2 June 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$39

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Celeron Dual-Core T1600 and Athlon II X2 250 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	no data	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.66 GHz	3 GHz
Bus rate	667 MHz	no data
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Die size	143 mm2	117 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	291 Million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron Dual-Core T1600 and Athlon II X2 250 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	no data	1
Socket	PPGA478	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron Dual-Core T1600 and Athlon II X2 250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron Dual-Core T1600 and Athlon II X2 250.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.61	0.70
Recency	1 May 2008	2 June 2009
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

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