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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: 33.32

Overall Rank:
3673rd fastest in multithreading out of 4941 CPUs
2844th fastest in single threading out of 4941 CPUs
1121st fastest in out of 1401 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1165
Single Thread Rating
1198
2
Samples: 1768*
*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 Math3,417 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,587 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,227 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption308.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression25,297 KBytes/Sec
Physics104 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions579 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,198 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of January 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 18th of January 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of January 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 $88.00
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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 20th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,872
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,411
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,085
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,579
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,111
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,882
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,228
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,732
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,605
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,154
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,165
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 20th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 202.39
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 188.65
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 146.45
Intel Core i9-12900K
 146.34
Intel Core i9-13900K
 117.75
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.55
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 55.95
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 33.32
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 20th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,614
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,154
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,025
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,685
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,925
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,565
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,198
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 250
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2348041 - Jan 17 2025
1401
BL2292886 - Dec 22 2024
1284
BL2273096 - Dec 11 2024
1278
BL2250181 - Nov 20 2024
1311
BL2243024 - Nov 11 2024
1313
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 January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,165
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 933 (-19.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,285 (+10.3%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,167 (+0.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,110 (-4.6%)
AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 987 (-15.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 973 (-16.5%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 930 (-20.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 990 (-15.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 987 (-15.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4700 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 879 (-24.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 780 (-33.0%)
Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,443 (+23.9%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250 Good for Gaming?
As of 20th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,203
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,873
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,712
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,598
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,312
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,855
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,738
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,589
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,517
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,297
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
 9,177
Intel Core i9-14900KS
 9,124
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 260