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AMD Athlon II X2 250

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 250 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.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250 Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]


AMD Athlon II X2 250

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 65 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 250 Processor, AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 250

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 33.48

Overall Rank:
3793rd fastest in multithreading out of 5074 CPUs
2955th fastest in single threading out of 5074 CPUs
1147th fastest in out of 1430 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $34.95 USD (2024-05-07)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1170
Single Thread Rating
1199
%
Samples: 1779*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,689
Thread: 985
%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 250

Integer Math3,427 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,588 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,229 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption310.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression25,330 KBytes/Sec
Physics104 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions584 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,199 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of April 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of April 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$34.95 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


Machines with this CPU (or similar)

HP Compaq 6005 Pro - Athlon II X2 B24 3 GHz HP Compaq 6005 Pro - Athlon II X2 B24 3 GHz $104.55
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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 20th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,726
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,321
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,047
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,490
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,133
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,868
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,187
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,712
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,143
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,170
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 20th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 222.35
Intel Core i9-12900K
 141.61
Intel Core i9-13900K
 141.51
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.33
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 33.48
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 20th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,142
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,680
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,922
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,564
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,199
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 250
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2556397 - Apr 15 2025
1165
BL2544338 - Apr 10 2025
1336
BL2487946 - Mar 17 2025
1372
BL2468872 - Mar 09 2025
1028
BL2466430 - Mar 08 2025
1157
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 250
As of 20th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,170
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,155 (-1.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,126 (-3.7%)
AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,002 (-14.4%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 994 (-15.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 936 (-20.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,007 (-13.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 990 (-15.4%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 932 (-20.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4700 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 900 (-23.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 774 (-33.8%)
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,238 (+5.8%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,204 (+2.9%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250 Good for Gaming?
As of 20th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,499
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,176
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,330
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,846
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,598
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,514
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,294
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,817
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,689
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,521
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,434
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
 9,365
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 260