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: 33.79

Overall Rank:
4157th fastest in multithreading out of 5491 CPUs
3269th fastest in single threading out of 5491 CPUs
1201st fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1181

Single Thread Rating

1196

^%
Samples: 1805*
*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	3,433 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,582 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,227 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	314.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	25,415 KBytes/Sec
Physics	104 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	596 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,196 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 9th of December 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of December 2025.
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 14th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,553
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,350
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,952
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,147
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,547
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,108
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,684
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,181

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		267.93
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		178.41
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
Intel Core i5-12400F		157.16
Intel Core i9-14900K		130.41
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.29
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
AMD Athlon II X2 250		33.79
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 14th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,889
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,196

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 250
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3122290 - Dec 10 2025		1374
BL3120265 - Dec 09 2025		1358
BL3120054 - Dec 09 2025		1352
BL3118411 - Dec 09 2025		1405
BL3115720 - Dec 08 2025		1440

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 250
As of 14th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,181
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,172 (-0.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,137 (-3.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,011 (-14.4%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		942 (-20.2%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,066 (-9.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4700 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,011 (-14.4%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,009 (-14.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,007 (-14.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		975 (-17.4%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		938 (-20.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		774 (-34.5%)
Intel Pentium E6700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,224 (+3.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250 Good for Gaming?
As of 14th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,443
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,254
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,795
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,513
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,447
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,285
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,678
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,472
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,415
AMD Athlon II X2 250		260

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