AMD Athlon II X2 250u 

Released November, 2009
  • 1.6 GHz
  • Dual core
1.9 Out of 10

CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the AMD Athlon II X2 250u among desktop CPUs (up to 45W)

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores
Athlon II X2 250u
4.2
Core i3 2100T
3.8
Sempron 145
4.1
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance
Athlon II X2 250u
4.5
Core i3 2100T
6.1
Sempron 145
5.3
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Athlon II X2 250u
0.0
Core i3 2100T
n.d.
Sempron 145
0.0
Fire Strike

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Athlon II X2 250u
0.0
Core i3 2100T
n.d.
Sempron 145
0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Athlon II X2 250u
2.3
Core i3 2100T
5.0
Sempron 145
0.6
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?
Athlon II X2 250u
n.d.
Core i3 2100T
n.d.
Sempron 145
n.d.
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more
1.9

CPUBoss Score

Combination of all six facets
Athlon II X2 250u
1.9
Core i3 2100T
5.0
Sempron 145
1.4

Benchmarks Real world tests of the AMD Athlon II X2 250u

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Athlon II X2 250u
1,494
Core i3 2100T
3,971
Sempron 145
1,405

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Athlon II X2 250u
834
Core i3 2100T
1,913
Sempron 145
1,409

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Athlon II X2 250u
63,700 MB/s
Core i3 2100T
125,100 MB/s
Sempron 145
111,900 MB/s

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Athlon II X2 250u
1,004
Core i3 2100T
2,898
Sempron 145
800

PassMark (Single Core)

Athlon II X2 250u
556
Core i3 2100T
1,259
Sempron 145
882

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

Clock speed 1.6 GHz
Cores Dual core
Socket type AM3
Is unlocked No

features

Has a NX bit Yes
Has virtualization support No
Instruction set extensions
  1. SSE4a
  2. 3DNow!
  3. SSE2
  4. SSE
  5. MMX
  6. SSE3
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes

power consumption

TDP 25W
Annual home energy cost 6.02 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 21.9 $/year
Performance per watt 2.52 pt/W
Typical power consumption 20.31W

bus

Clock speed 1,600 MHz

details

Architecture x86-64
Threads 2 threads
L2 cache 2 MB
L2 cache per core 1 MB/core
L3 cache 1 MB
L3 cache per core 0.5 MB/core
Manufacture process 45 nm
Max CPUs 1
Voltage range 0.85 - 1.15V
Operating temperature Unknown - 81°C

overclocking

Overclocked clock speed 2.54 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 1.6 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked) 1,670.6
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 2.54 GHz

integrated graphics

GPU None
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Comments

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Anonymoose (06:27 AM, July 16, 2013)
I fucking HATED this piece of shit. Barely faster than the Pentium III Coppermine 1GHz I left when my father bought me an all in one with this POS.
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