Athlon II X2 250u vs Celeron 847E

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 847E 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	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	no data (2024 years ago)	20 October 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$111	$35

Detailed specifications

Celeron 847E 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
Boost clock speed	1.1 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	11	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	2 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	131 mm2	117 mm2
Number of transistors	504 Million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 847E 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	no data	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 847E and Athlon II X2 250u. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

FMA	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 847E and Athlon II X2 250u are enumerated here.

VT-x

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no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 847E and Athlon II X2 250u. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1333	DDR3
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 847E and Athlon II X2 250u.

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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Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	25 Watt

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