The AMD Athlon XP 2500+ was a desktop processor with 1 core, launched in February 2003, at an MSRP of $172. It is part of the Athlon XP lineup, using the Barton architecture with Socket A. Athlon XP 2500+ has 512 KB of L2 cache and operates at 1833 MHz. AMD is building the Athlon XP 2500+ on a 130 nm production process using 63 million transistors. The multiplier is locked on Athlon XP 2500+, which limits its overclocking capabilities.
With a TDP of 68 W, the Athlon XP 2500+ consumes typical power levels for a modern PC. Although the processor doesn't come with integrated graphics, certain motherboards with compatible chipsets can provide this capability.
Many games will refuse to start on this processor due to the lack of the SSE2/SSE3/SSE4 instruction set.