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AMD Athlon II X2 250

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 250 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.

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250 Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]


AMD Athlon II X2 250

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 65 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 250 Processor, AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 250

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 33.28

Overall Rank:
3626th fastest in multithreading out of 4890 CPUs
2805th fastest in single threading out of 4890 CPUs
1118th fastest in out of 1398 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $34.95 USD (2024-05-07)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1163
Single Thread Rating
1198
2
Samples: 1766*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,689
Thread: 985
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 250

Integer Math3,415 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,588 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,226 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption308.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression25,319 KBytes/Sec
Physics104 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions578 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,198 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 16th of November 2024
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of November 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$34.95 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


Machines with this CPU (or similar)

HP Compaq 6005 Pro - Athlon II X2 B24 3 GHz HP Compaq 6005 Pro - Athlon II X2 B24 3 GHz $88.00
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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 59,005
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,472
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,113
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,594
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,077
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,887
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,259
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,747
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,568
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,156
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,163
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 273.92
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 208.45
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 172.34
Intel Core i9-12900K
 155.33
Intel Core i9-13900K
 147.52
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.58
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 60.46
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 33.28
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 November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,161
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,835
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,687
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,928
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,567
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,198
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 250
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2243024 - Nov 11 2024
1313
BL2232876 - Oct 30 2024
1336
BL2229750 - Oct 26 2024
1302
BL2222777 - Oct 18 2024
1087
BL5072279 - Sep 01 2024
1619
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 250
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,163
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 936 (-19.5%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,167 (+0.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,110 (-4.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 973 (-16.4%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 930 (-20.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 990 (-14.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 987 (-15.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4700 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 908 (-22.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 780 (-33.0%)
Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,435 (+23.3%)
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,238 (+6.4%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250
 1,183 (+1.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250 Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,240
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 11,301
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,891
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,715
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,330
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 10,235
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,873
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
 9,663
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,486
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS
 9,254
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
 8,942
AMD Athlon II X2 250
 260