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:
4418th fastest in multithreading out of 5062 CPUs
4053rd fastest in single threading out of 5062 CPUs
1284th fastest in out of 1425 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 13th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 250u

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From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of April 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,717
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,323
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,046
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,490
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,129
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,869
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,190
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,713
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,647
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD Athlon II X2 250u		598

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K		137.04
Intel Core i9-12900K		131.67
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.33
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
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,142
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
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		2,922
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
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 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 250u		598
Intel Core2 Duo E4400 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		725 (+21.3%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450B vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		711 (+18.8%)
Intel Pentium E2180 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		678 (+13.3%)
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		994 (+66.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		990 (+65.5%)
Intel Celeron E3200 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		900 (+50.4%)
Intel Pentium E2200 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 250u		757 (+26.6%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 250u Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,484
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,179
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,339
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,848
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,615
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,516
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,820
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,694
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,523
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,438
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,435
AMD Athlon II X2 250u		154

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