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.
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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: 15.67

Overall Rank:
4084th fastest in multithreading out of 5440 CPUs
3212th fastest in single threading out of 5440 CPUs
1188th fastest in out of 1476 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1202

Single Thread Rating

1204

^%
Samples: 6*
*Margin for error: Medium

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

^%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 250e

Integer Math	3,733 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,632 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,360 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	359.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	27,230 KBytes/Sec
Physics	94 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	659 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,204 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250e

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of November 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,559
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,424
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,964
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,151
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,847
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,511
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,118
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,687
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,202

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		255.77
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		183.61
Intel Core i5-12400F		145.33
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		138.16
Intel Core i9-14900K		127.58
Intel Core i9-13900K		103.41
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.77
AMD Athlon II X2 250e		15.67
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 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,468
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,204

Last 2 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 250e
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2530240 - Apr 04 2025		1296
BL1520016 - Feb 21 2022		1264

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 250e
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,202
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,481 (+23.2%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,351 (+12.4%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,333 (+10.9%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,066 (-11.3%)
Intel Pentium G630T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,032 (-14.1%)
Intel Celeron E3500 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		935 (-22.2%)
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,444 (+20.1%)
AMD A6-3500 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,439 (+19.7%)
Intel Pentium G6951 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,383 (+15.0%)
Intel Pentium E5800 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,189 (-1.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 220 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,046 (-13.0%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		933 (-22.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250e Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,424
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,136
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,801
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,504
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,498
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,779
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,614
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,503
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,478
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,432
AMD Athlon II X2 250e		249

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