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AMD Athlon II X2 250

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon II X2 250 can be found below. 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 Size: L1: 256 KB, L2: 2.0 MB,

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

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 28.84

Overall Rank: 3253

Last Price Change: $38.95 USD (2023-03-05)

Average CPU Mark
rating
1123

Single Thread Rating: 11702
Samples: 1727*
*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 Math3,348 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,529 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,139 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption294.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression24,803 KBytes/Sec
Physics102 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions554 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,170 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of September 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 28th of September 2023
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of September 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$38.95 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 1st of October 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 59,731
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,458
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,742
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
 22,628
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,062
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,935
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,421
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,785
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,484
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,249
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,123
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 1st of October 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 213.02
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
 153.97
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 140.24
Intel Core i9-12900K
 117.45
Intel Core i9-13900K
 104.80
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.94
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 32.60
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 28.84
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 1st of October 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,665
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,194
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,053
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,960
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,843
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,715
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,359
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,942
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
 2,663
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,569
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,170
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 250
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL1906202 - Sep 17 2023
1128
BL1875120 - Aug 03 2023
1354
BL1869389 - Jul 27 2023
911
BL1855314 - Jul 07 2023
1246
BL1854522 - Jul 06 2023
1164
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 250
As of 1st of October 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,123
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,249 (+11.1%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,158 (+3.1%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,135 (+1.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,080 (-3.8%)
Intel Pentium E6300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,036 (-7.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 940 (-16.3%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,218 (+8.4%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,072 (-4.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,002 (-10.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 990 (-11.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 984 (-12.4%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 892 (-20.6%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250 Good for Gaming?
As of 1st of October 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 9,185
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 9,103
Intel Core i9-14900KF
 8,974
Intel Core i9-13900KS
 8,547
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 8,431
Intel Core i9-13900K
 7,815
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
 7,812
Intel Core i9-13900KF
 7,532
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
 7,239
Intel Core i9-13900
 6,917
Intel Core i9-13900F
 6,898
Intel Core i7-13700K
 6,856
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 254