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.

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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 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: 28.69

Overall Rank: 3130

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

Average CPU Mark

1117

Single Thread Rating: 1169²
Samples: 1719*
*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 Math	3,347 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,525 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,134 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	292.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	24,755 KBytes/Sec
Physics	101 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	548 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,169 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of June 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 1st of June 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 1st of June 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$38.95 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 2nd of June 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,607
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,810
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,665
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,098
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,960
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,885
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,504
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,795
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		14,540
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,140
AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,117

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 2nd of June 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		213.15
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		154.21
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.40
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.87
Intel Core i7-12700K		85.11
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		55.81
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.75
AMD Athlon II X2 250		28.69
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 2nd of June 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,203
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,056
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,845
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,820
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,717
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,359
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,945
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		2,889
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,664
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,569
AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,169

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 250
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5037770 - May 05 2023		1349
BL1797530 - Apr 18 2023		1090
BL1788830 - Apr 07 2023		1325
BL1788109 - Apr 06 2023		1313
BL1785343 - Apr 03 2023		1189

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 250
As of 2nd of June 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,117
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,242 (+11.1%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,158 (+3.6%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,135 (+1.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,063 (-4.9%)
Intel Pentium E6300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,024 (-8.3%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		940 (-15.9%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,218 (+9.0%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,068 (-4.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,002 (-10.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		987 (-11.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		975 (-12.8%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		874 (-21.8%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250 Good for Gaming?
As of 2nd of June 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,225
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,099
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,446
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,435
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,807
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,596
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D		7,193
Intel Core i9-13900T		6,888
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X		6,798
Intel Core i7-13700K		6,794
Intel Core i5-13600K		6,772
Intel Core i5-13600KF		6,739
AMD Athlon II X2 250		254

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