AMD Athlon II X2 250

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon II X2 250 can be found below. 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 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: 32.45

Overall Rank:
3536th fastest in multithreading out of 4757 CPUs
2755th fastest in single threading out of 4757 CPUs
1098th fastest in out of 1368 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1134

Single Thread Rating

1174

²
Samples: 1751*
*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 Math	3,356 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,528 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,136 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	298.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	24,788 KBytes/Sec
Physics	102 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	566 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,174 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of July 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of July 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of July 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$34.95 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History

Machines with this CPU (or similar)

	Dell Inspiron AMD Athlon II X2 250 3GHz Desktop PC \| I570-8011BK	$668.00 (www.amazon.com)
	HP Compaq 6005 Pro - Athlon II X2 B24 3 GHz	$98.00 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,260
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,472
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,156
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,622
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,043
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,898
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,287
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,755
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,537
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,177
AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,134

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		236.83
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.46
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		167.33
Intel Core i9-12900K		150.53
Intel Core i9-13900K		134.68
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.65
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		55.42
AMD Athlon II X2 250		32.45
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 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,630
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,166
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,033
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,921
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,697
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,930
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,174

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 250
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2140748 - Jul 08 2024		413
BL2090962 - May 01 2024		1129
BL2056526 - Mar 20 2024		866
BL2054704 - Mar 18 2024		1324
BL2045968 - Mar 09 2024		1360

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 250
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,134
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		929 (-18.1%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,158 (+2.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,108 (-2.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		971 (-14.3%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		934 (-17.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,002 (-11.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		990 (-12.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4700 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		908 (-20.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		765 (-32.6%)
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,238 (+9.2%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,183 (+4.3%)
AMD Phenom X3 8550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250		1,079 (-4.9%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250 Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,335
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,273
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,030
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,525
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,388
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,112
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,009
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,884
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,790
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,536
Intel Core i7-14700KF		7,536
AMD Athlon II X2 250		255

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