Celeron B710 vs Athlon II X2 250

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X2 250 and Celeron B710 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2721not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.61no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Power efficiency0.99no data
Architecture codenameRegor (2009−2013)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date2 June 2009 (15 years ago)19 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$39$70

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II X2 250 and Celeron B710 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speed3 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cache256 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB1.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size117 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors410 million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 250 and Celeron B710 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM3PGA988,PPGA988
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 250 and Celeron B710. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Athlon II X2 250 and Celeron B710 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X2 250 and Celeron B710 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 250 and Celeron B710. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II X2 250 and Celeron B710 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 250 and Celeron B710.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon II X2 250 1080
+919%
Celeron B710 106

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 June 2009 19 June 2011
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Athlon II X2 250 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Celeron B710, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II X2 250 and Celeron B710. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon II X2 250 is a desktop processor while Celeron B710 is a notebook one.


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