AMD Athlon II X2 250u

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 250u 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 250u

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 1.6 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 25 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 250u Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 23.94

Overall Rank:
4197th fastest in multithreading out of 4834 CPUs
3845th fastest in single threading out of 4834 CPUs
1239th fastest in out of 1381 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $24.95 USD (2020-12-17)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

597

Single Thread Rating

638

²
Samples: 70*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 995
Thread: 543

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 250u

Integer Math	1,752 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,197 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	3 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,700 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	159.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	12,949 KBytes/Sec
Physics	67 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	270 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	638 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of September 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250u

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 7th of September 2024

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From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of September 2024.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 12th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,131
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,486
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,128
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,609
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,867
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,274
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,750
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,536
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,168
AMD Athlon II X2 250u		597

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 12th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		239.90
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		182.42
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		157.54
Intel Core i9-12900K		149.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		138.57
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.62
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		57.11
AMD Athlon II X2 250u		23.94
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 12th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,624
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,163
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 250u		638

Last 3 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 250u
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1940973 - Nov 07 2023		614
BL1594230 - Jul 12 2022		531
BL1566803 - May 15 2022		639

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 250u
As of 12th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250u		597
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450B vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		711 (+19.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4400 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		686 (+14.9%)
Intel Pentium E2160 @ 1.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		643 (+7.7%)
Intel Celeron E1500 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		626 (+4.8%)
Intel Celeron E3400 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		869 (+45.6%)
Intel Celeron E3200 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		839 (+40.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		776 (+29.9%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5800+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		653 (+9.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B24 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		1,120 (+87.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		990 (+65.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		973 (+62.9%)
Intel Pentium E2220 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		842 (+40.9%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250u Good for Gaming?
As of 12th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		9,318
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,269
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,240
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,035
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,498
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,394
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,091
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,963
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,831
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,781
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,533
AMD Athlon II X2 250u		154

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