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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: 33.19

Overall Rank:
3574th fastest in multithreading out of 4830 CPUs
2760th fastest in single threading out of 4830 CPUs
1100th fastest in out of 1380 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1160
Single Thread Rating
1197
2
Samples: 1761*
*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 Math3,412 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,587 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,224 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption306.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression25,294 KBytes/Sec
Physics104 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions576 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,197 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of September 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 7th of September 2024
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of September 2024.
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)

Dell Inspiron AMD Athlon II X2 250 3GHz Desktop PC | I570-8011BK Dell Inspiron AMD Athlon II X2 250 3GHz Desktop PC | I570-8011BK $668.00
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HP Compaq 6005 Pro - Athlon II X2 B24 3 GHz HP Compaq 6005 Pro - Athlon II X2 B24 3 GHz $88.00
(www.amazon.com)
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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 8th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 59,133
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,128
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,611
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,888
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz
 21,866
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,276
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,750
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,535
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,170
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,160
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 8th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 197.25
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 182.42
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 157.54
Intel Core i9-12900K
 149.88
Intel Core i9-13900K
 133.83
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.62
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 57.83
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 33.19
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 8th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,624
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,164
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,030
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,909
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,806
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,693
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,929
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,567
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,197
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 250
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL5072279 - Sep 01 2024
1619
BL5072277 - Sep 01 2024
1655
BL5072276 - Sep 01 2024
1690
BL5072275 - Sep 01 2024
1698
BL5072273 - Sep 01 2024
1682
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 250
As of 8th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,160
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 931 (-19.8%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,158 (-0.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,108 (-4.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 973 (-16.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 934 (-19.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 990 (-14.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 987 (-14.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4700 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 908 (-21.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 776 (-33.1%)
Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,435 (+23.7%)
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,238 (+6.7%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,183 (+2.0%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250 Good for Gaming?
As of 8th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 9,269
Intel Core i9-14900KS
 9,235
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 9,033
Intel Core i9-13900KS
 8,497
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 8,393
Intel Core i9-14900K
 8,094
Intel Core i9-14900KF
 7,972
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
 7,842
Intel Core i9-13900K
 7,779
Intel Core i7-13790F
 7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K
 7,531
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
 7,519
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 260