The AMD Athlon II X2 250 was a desktop processor with 2 cores, launched in June 2009. It is part of the Athlon II X2 lineup, using the Regor architecture with Socket AM3. Athlon II X2 250 has 2MB of L2 cache and operates at 3 GHz. AMD is making the Athlon II X2 250 on a 45 nm production node using 410 million transistors. The multiplier is locked on Athlon II X2 250, which limits its overclocking potential.
With a TDP of 65 W, the Athlon II X2 250 consumes typical power levels for a modern PC. AMD's processor supports DDR3 memory with adual-channel interface. For communication with other components in the machine, Athlon II X2 250 uses a PCI-Express Gen 2 connection. This processor does not have integrated graphics, you will need a separate graphics card.
Hardware virtualization is available on the Athlon II X2 250, which greatly improves virtual machine performance.