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.

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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: 33.19

Overall Rank:
3587th fastest in multithreading out of 4843 CPUs
2771st fastest in single threading out of 4843 CPUs
1101st fastest in out of 1381 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1160

Single Thread Rating

1197

²
Samples: 1761*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,689
Thread: 985

²Single 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 Math	3,412 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,587 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,224 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	306.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	25,294 KBytes/Sec
Physics	104 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	576 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,197 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of September 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of September 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of September 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$34.95 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 16th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,112
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,481
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,126
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,607
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,869
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,271
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,750
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,542
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,168
AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,160

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		197.55
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		183.17
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		167.59
Intel Core i9-12900K		149.85
Intel Core i9-13900K		137.88
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.61
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		57.10
AMD Athlon II X2 250		33.19
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 16th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,623
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,163
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,030
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,910
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,807
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,693
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,929
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,197

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 250
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5072279 - Sep 01 2024		1619
BL5072277 - Sep 01 2024		1655
BL5072276 - Sep 01 2024		1690
BL5072275 - Sep 01 2024		1698
BL5072273 - Sep 01 2024		1682

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 250
As of 16th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,160
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		931 (-19.8%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,158 (-0.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,110 (-4.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		973 (-16.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		934 (-19.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		990 (-14.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		987 (-14.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4700 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		908 (-21.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		780 (-32.8%)
Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,435 (+23.7%)
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,238 (+6.7%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,183 (+2.0%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250 Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		9,410
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,263
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,195
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,036
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,498
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,394
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,090
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,962
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,831
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,779
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,532
AMD Athlon II X2 250		260

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