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.

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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 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: 28.45

Overall Rank: 2928

Last Price Change: $38.95 USD (2023-01-16)

Average CPU Mark

1108

Single Thread Rating: 1163²
Samples: 1705*
*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	3,334 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,525 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	288.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	24.1 MBytes/Sec
Physics	101 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	541 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,163 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 29th of January 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 26th of January 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of January 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$38.95 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History

Machines with this CPU (or similar)

	HP Slim Desktop, AMD Athlon Gold 3150U, 8GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, Windows 11 (S01-aF0020, Black)	$688.00 (www.amazon.com)
	Empowered PC Continuum Micro Gaming Desktop (AMD Ryzen 3 5300G with AMD Radeon Graphics, 16GB RAM, 256GB NVMe SSD, 500W PSU, AC WiFi, Windows 11 Home) Gamer Computer	$499.99 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 29th of January 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,578
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,751
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,689
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,164
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,966
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,933
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,565
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,794
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		14,554
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,271
AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,108

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 29th of January 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		187.31
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		131.34
Intel Core i9-12900K		99.82
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		92.61
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.97
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		46.06
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		31.20
AMD Athlon II X2 250		28.45
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 29th of January 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,208
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,061
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,848
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,827
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,731
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,356
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,948
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		2,891
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,664
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,568
AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,163

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 250
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1705414 - Dec 27 2022		1299
BL1700960 - Dec 21 2022		830
BL1700375 - Dec 21 2022		1285
BL1700332 - Dec 21 2022		926
BL1699709 - Dec 20 2022		1274

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 250
As of 29th of January 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,108
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,155 (+4.2%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,108 (+0.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,051 (-5.2%)
Intel Pentium E6300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,029 (-7.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		937 (-15.4%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,122 (+1.2%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,061 (-4.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,002 (-9.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		987 (-10.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		968 (-12.6%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		860 (-22.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		756 (-31.8%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250 Good for Gaming?
As of 29th of January 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-13900T		8,921
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,696
Intel Core i9-13900F		8,178
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,790
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,547
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D		7,103
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X		6,697
Intel Core i7-13700K		6,677
Intel Core i5-13600K		6,640
Intel Core i5-13600KF		6,533
Intel Core i7-13700F		6,506
Intel Core i9-12900KS		6,436
AMD Athlon II X2 250		253

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