Itanium 9310 vs Athlon II X2 250

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X2 250 and Itanium 9310 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	Server
Power efficiency	1.00	no data
Architecture codename	Regor (2009−2013)	no data
Release date	2 June 2009 (15 years ago)	1 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$39	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon II X2 250 and Itanium 9310 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	4
Base clock speed	3 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	10 MB L3 Cache
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	117 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	410 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 250 and Itanium 9310 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	no data
Socket	AM3	FCLGA1248
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 250 and Itanium 9310. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	+
PAE	no data	50 Bit
FSB parity	no data	+

Security technologies

Athlon II X2 250 and Itanium 9310 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

no data

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X2 250 and Itanium 9310 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 250 and Itanium 9310. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 250 and Itanium 9310.

PCIe version

2.0

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 June 2009	1 January 2010
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	130 Watt

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