AMD Athlon II X2 250u

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 250u 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 250u

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 1.6 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 25 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 250u Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 24.64

Overall Rank:
4769th fastest in multithreading out of 5450 CPUs
4378th fastest in single threading out of 5450 CPUs
1332nd fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $24.95 USD (2020-12-17)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

615

Single Thread Rating

641

^%
Samples: 74*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 995
Thread: 543

^%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 250u

Integer Math	1,567 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,248 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	4 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,700 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	171.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	13,330 KBytes/Sec
Physics	68 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	299 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	641 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250u

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of November 2025

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of November 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 16th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,566
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,404
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,959
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,148
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,847
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,521
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,115
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,686
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD Athlon II X2 250u		615

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		268.38
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		170.82
Intel Core i5-12400F		153.23
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		144.83
Intel Core i9-14900K		127.60
Intel Core i9-13900K		103.37
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.76
AMD Athlon II X2 250u		24.64
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 16th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,698
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Athlon II X2 250u		641

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 250u
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2821560 - Aug 08 2025		650
BL2821508 - Aug 08 2025		646
BL2821001 - Aug 07 2025		629
BL2211376 - Oct 05 2024		602
BL1940973 - Nov 07 2023		614

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 250u
As of 16th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250u		615
Intel Pentium E2200 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		740 (+20.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4400 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		733 (+19.3%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450B vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		723 (+17.6%)
Intel Pentium E2180 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		685 (+11.4%)
Intel Pentium E2160 @ 1.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		663 (+7.9%)
Intel Celeron E1500 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		626 (+1.9%)
Intel Celeron E3200 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		900 (+46.4%)
Intel Celeron E3400 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		898 (+46.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		772 (+25.6%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5800+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		653 (+6.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B24 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		1,124 (+82.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		1,011 (+64.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250u Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,411
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,134
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,252
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,506
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,495
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,623
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,495
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,480
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,413
AMD Athlon II X2 250u		156

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