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: 23.98

Overall Rank:
4501st fastest in multithreading out of 5150 CPUs
4135th fastest in single threading out of 5150 CPUs
1308th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

598

Single Thread Rating

637

^%
Samples: 71*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 995
Thread: 543

^%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 250u

Integer Math	1,682 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,178 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	4 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,658 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	160.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	12,795 KBytes/Sec
Physics	67 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	285 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	637 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250u

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of June 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 17th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,660
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,299
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,017
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,482
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,166
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,705
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,650
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Athlon II X2 250u		598

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		227.01
Intel Core i5-12400F		186.43
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.81
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		150.65
Intel Core i9-12900K		136.18
Intel Core i9-13900K		130.36
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.23
AMD Athlon II X2 250u		23.98
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 17th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,138
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,477
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Athlon II X2 250u		637

Last 4 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 250u
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2211376 - Oct 05 2024		602
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 17th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250u		598
Intel Pentium E2200 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		745 (+24.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4400 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		737 (+23.3%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450B vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		723 (+20.8%)
Intel Pentium E2180 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		680 (+13.7%)
Intel Celeron E1500 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		626 (+4.6%)
Intel Celeron E3400 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		883 (+47.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		774 (+29.4%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5800+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		653 (+9.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B24 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		1,111 (+85.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		998 (+66.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		975 (+63.0%)
Intel Celeron E3200 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		900 (+50.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250u Good for Gaming?
As of 17th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,484
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,153
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,303
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,843
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,587
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,487
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,277
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,805
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,768
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,656
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,520
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,493
AMD Athlon II X2 250u		154

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