AMD Athlon 2 X2 255

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AMD Athlon 2 X2 255
2
Cores
2
Threads
3.1 GHz
Base Clock
Socket AM3
Socket
65 W
TDP
No iGPU
Graphics
CPU Snapshot
Release date:Jan 25, 2010Price at Launch:$60
Type:DesktopSocket:Socket AM3
Cores:2Threads:2
Multithreading:No
Clocks & Cache
Base Clock:3.1 GHzL2 Cache:2 × 1 MB
L3 Cache:0 MB
Platform
Codename:Regor (K10)Process Size:45 nm
Memory Support:DDR3-1333TDP:65 W
PCIe Support:PCIe 2.0Box Cooler:Yes
Integrated Features
Integrated Graphics:NoNPU:No

Reviews and Ratings

77

Average Score

Based on 5 reviews

Reviewers Liked

  • Excellent price/performance ratio
  • AM3/AM2 compatibility
  • Great Overclocker
  • DDR3 support
  • Efficient 45nm process
  • Virtualization Support
  • Runs cool
  • 65W TDP
  • Overclock very well (with higher voltage)
  • Quad core

Reviewers Didn't Like

  • No notable flaws
  • Expensive
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By Atomic MPC on
90

AMD is well known for producing a range of good value for money processors which often excel in different areas such as thermal performance and low power draw. Today we are going to look at three...

By HardwareHeaven on
94

The Athlon-II X2-255 performed very well against our Intel processors. The goal of this article was to find out how viable the Athlon-II X2-255 is as an upgrade option for budget minded users who want to get more out of their computers. Many users...

By Benchmark Reviews on
80

The AMD Phenom II X4 910e is an interesting chip. This processor costs about the same as the faster chip with higher power consumption. The 60 watts of power saved by the Phenom II X4 910e may not seem a lot, it will adds up over the lifespan of the...

By bjorn3d.com on

Benchmarking 86 CPUs takes a while. After long last, though, we have 51 models from AMD and 35 from Intel tested in our current suite. If you want to know how your processor sizes up to its competition, you'll find plenty of comparison data...

By Tom's Hardware on

Another day another great processor from AMD.The 255 is certainly an affordable and easy to clock processor. A 900MHz overclock was certainly not what I'd expected and was a very positive surprise.As you'd expect from a cache limited dual core...

By Vortez on

For a budget chip, the 255 and 260 perform well. The cutting of the L3 cache is disappointing, but understandable as a means of cutting production costs. The price difference between them is only about $10 and that still puts both of them cheaper...

By TechwareLabs on

This low-end CPU isn't that much slower than the Phenom II X6 1090T, except with multithreaded apps, where it's game over....

By Techworld on

Outperforming the competition in lightly threaded apps proves the AMD Athlon II X2 255 will be a solid choice if you're likely going to run mainly lightly threaded programs....

By Legit Reviews on

Today’s CPU introductions from AMD don’t really change this: a 100MHz speed bump just isn’t big enough to really boost performance significantly. We do appreciate the fact that AMD’s giving us this 100MHz speed bump for free though, and also bringing...

By FiringSquad on

There's no question that AMD's pricing strategy with these five new chips was aggressive and intelligent, with all the CPUs except the Phenom II X4 910e priced below Intel's recent Core i5 and Core i3 offerings. But, at least in our tests,...

By ExtremeTech on

Chew*, a prominent TechREACTION community member, has used an old Prometeia Mach 1 phase-change cooling system to take a new budget Athlon II X2 255 CPU to it’s limits! Chew* wanted to show what the average user could achieve with this chip, and...

By TechReaction.net on
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