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: 33.87

Overall Rank:
4248th fastest in multithreading out of 5776 CPUs
3324th fastest in single threading out of 5776 CPUs
1227th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1184

Single Thread Rating

1197

^%
Samples: 1810*
*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 Math	3,437 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,583 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,227 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	315.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	25,442 KBytes/Sec
Physics	104 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	598 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,197 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,465
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,304
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,943
Apple M4 10 Core		23,703
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,578
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,091
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,680
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,184

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		170.64
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.59
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		126.76
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.66
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.37
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.97
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.63
AMD Athlon II X2 250		33.87
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,695
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,197

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 250
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3231655 - Jan 21 2026		1234
BL3187452 - Jan 04 2026		1243
BL3168367 - Dec 27 2025		1355
BL3168338 - Dec 27 2025		1332
BL3164133 - Dec 26 2025		1342

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 250
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,184
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,194 (+0.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,139 (-3.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,011 (-14.6%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		942 (-20.4%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,070 (-9.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4700 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,015 (-14.3%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,011 (-14.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,007 (-14.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		975 (-17.6%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		941 (-20.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		774 (-34.6%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,222 (+3.3%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250 Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,422
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,515
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,391
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,259
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,206
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,769
AMD Athlon II X2 250		261

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