AMD Athlon II X2 250e

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 250e 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 250e

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 45 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 250e Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 15.05

Overall Rank:
3656th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
2817th fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
1123rd fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $76.73 USD (2011-09-21)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1155

Single Thread Rating

1201

²
Samples: 5*
*Margin for error: High

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,909
Thread: 1,010

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 250e

Integer Math	3,778 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,773 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,402 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	359.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	27,263 KBytes/Sec
Physics	91 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	606 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,201 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250e

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From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of December 2024.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,920
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,434
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,100
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,599
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,098
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,251
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,742
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,582
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,153
AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,155

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		260.95
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		190.75
Intel Core i9-12900K		154.03
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		147.55
Intel Core i9-13900K		111.70
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.46
AMD Athlon II X2 250e		15.05
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 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,616
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,157
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,027
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,927
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,566
AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,201

Last 1 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 250e
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1520016 - Feb 21 2022		1264

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Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 250e
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,155
Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,294 (+12.0%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,086 (-6.0%)
Intel Pentium G630T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,090 (-5.6%)
Intel Pentium G620T @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		896 (-22.4%)
AMD A6-3500 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,420 (+23.0%)
Intel Pentium G6951 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,383 (+19.7%)
Intel Pentium E5800 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,175 (+1.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 220 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,043 (-9.7%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		978 (-15.3%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		904 (-21.8%)
Intel Celeron G555 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,388 (+20.1%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,172 (+1.5%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250e Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,248
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,940
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,882
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,563
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,323
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,869
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,586
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,424
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,305
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,192
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,159
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,916
AMD Athlon II X2 250e		244

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