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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.

  • 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 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: 28.93

Overall Rank: 3321

Last Price Change: $38.95 USD (2023-03-05)

Average CPU Mark
rating
1127

Single Thread Rating: 11722
Samples: 1736*
*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 Math3,354 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,528 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,138 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption295.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression24,784 KBytes/Sec
Physics102 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions559 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,172 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of December 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 8th of December 2023
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of December 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$38.95 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 10th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 59,534
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,403
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,713
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
 22,607
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,030
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,927
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,380
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,779
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,407
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,196
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,127
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 212.95
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
 153.82
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 140.19
Intel Core i9-12900K
 117.29
Intel Core i9-13900K
 104.45
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.87
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 32.53
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 28.93
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 10th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,648
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,185
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,049
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,943
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,841
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,708
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,939
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
 2,662
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,569
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,172
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 250
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL1959371 - Dec 01 2023
1208
BL1957935 - Nov 29 2023
1317
BL1957934 - Nov 29 2023
1317
BL1952787 - Nov 23 2023
1355
BL1942503 - Nov 09 2023
1223
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 250
As of 10th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,127
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,253 (+11.2%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,158 (+2.8%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,139 (+1.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,093 (-3.0%)
Intel Pentium E6300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,044 (-7.4%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 940 (-16.6%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,218 (+8.1%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,074 (-4.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,002 (-11.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 996 (-11.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 990 (-12.1%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 899 (-20.3%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250 Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 9,226
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 9,076
Intel Core i9-13900KS
 8,577
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 8,421
Intel Core i9-14900KF
 8,343
Intel Core i9-14900K
 8,236
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
 7,896
Intel Core i9-13900K
 7,809
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX
 7,602
Intel Core i5-14600K
 7,569
Intel Core i7-13790F
 7,544
Intel Core i9-13900KF
 7,515
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 254