AMD Athlon II X2 250e

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 250e can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 45 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 250e Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 15.67

Overall Rank:
3825th fastest in multithreading out of 5149 CPUs
3006th fastest in single threading out of 5149 CPUs
1160th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $76.73 USD (2011-09-21)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1202

Single Thread Rating

1204

^%
Samples: 6*
*Margin for error: Medium

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,909
Thread: 1,010

^%Single thread rating may be higher than the overall rating, thread performance is just one component of the CPU Mark.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon II X2 250e

Integer Math	3,733 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,632 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,360 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	359.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	27,230 KBytes/Sec
Physics	94 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	659 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,204 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250e

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of June 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 13th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,665
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,303
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,019
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,150
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,482
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,169
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,705
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,202

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		227.02
Intel Core i5-12400F		186.43
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.81
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		150.66
Intel Core i9-12900K		136.20
Intel Core i9-13900K		130.37
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.24
AMD Athlon II X2 250e		15.67
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,139
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,477
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,204

Last 2 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 250e
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2530240 - Apr 04 2025		1296
BL1520016 - Feb 21 2022		1264

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 250e
As of 13th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,202
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,491 (+24.0%)
Intel Celeron G530 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,136 (-5.5%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,089 (-9.4%)
Intel Pentium G630T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,032 (-14.1%)
Intel Celeron E3500 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		935 (-22.2%)
AMD A6-3500 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,438 (+19.6%)
Intel Pentium G6951 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,383 (+15.0%)
Intel Pentium E6700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,215 (+1.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 220 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,038 (-13.7%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		995 (-17.2%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		927 (-22.9%)
Intel Celeron G555 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,388 (+15.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250e Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,498
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,151
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,311
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,842
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,586
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,485
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,277
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,806
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,763
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,662
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,522
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,518
AMD Athlon II X2 250e		249

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