The AMD Athlon II X2 250e was a desktop processor with 2 cores, launched in September 2010. It is part of the Athlon II X2 lineup, using the Regor architecture with Socket AM3. Athlon II X2 250e has 1 MB of L2 cache and operates at 3 GHz. AMD is building the Athlon II X2 250e on a 45 nm production process using 410 million transistors. The multiplier is locked on Athlon II X2 250e, which limits its overclocking capabilities.
With a TDP of 45 W, the Athlon II X2 250e consumes typical power levels for a modern PC. AMD's processor supports DDR3 memory with a dual-channel interface. For communication with other components in the machine, Athlon II X2 250e uses a PCI-Express Gen 2 connection. Although the processor doesn't come with integrated graphics, certain motherboards with compatible chipsets can provide this capability.
Hardware virtualization is available on the Athlon II X2 250e, which greatly improves virtual machine performance.