E2-1800 vs Athlon II X2 250

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X2 250 and E2-1800 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2720	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.61	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	AMD E-Series
Power efficiency	1.00	no data
Architecture codename	Regor (2009−2013)	Zacate (2011−2013)
Release date	2 June 2009 (15 years ago)	6 June 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$39	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon II X2 250 and E2-1800 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	3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	1.7 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	40 nm
Die size	117 mm2	75 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	410 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 250 and E2-1800 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	AM3	FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 250 and E2-1800. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V
PowerNow	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X2 250 and E2-1800 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

-

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 250 and E2-1800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon HD 7340

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 250 and E2-1800.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

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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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 June 2009	6 June 2012
Chip lithography	45 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	18 Watt

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