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:
3730th fastest in multithreading out of 5041 CPUs
2915th fastest in single threading out of 5041 CPUs
1133rd fastest in out of 1422 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 5th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250e

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From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of March 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 6th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,757
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,329
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,047
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,492
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,126
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,869
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,716
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,143
AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,202

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 6th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		222.40
Intel Core i9-13900K		136.65
Intel Core i9-12900K		130.80
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.33
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
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 6th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,143
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,019
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,204

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 6th of April 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		1,498 (+24.6%)
Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,311 (+9.1%)
Intel Celeron G530 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,132 (-5.9%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,089 (-9.4%)
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%)
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 E6700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,205 (+0.3%)
Intel Pentium E5800 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,176 (-2.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,151 (-4.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 220 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e		1,038 (-13.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250e Good for Gaming?
As of 6th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,383
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,188
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,358
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,858
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,611
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,535
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,822
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,703
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,536
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,444
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,435
AMD Athlon II X2 250e		249

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