Athlon 64 X2 5000+ vs Athlon II X2 250

Place in performance ranking	2573	2734
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	3.61	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Regor (2009−2013)	Windsor (2006−2009)
Release date	June 2009 (14 years old)	May 2006 (17 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$39	no data
Current price	$24 (0.6x MSRP)	$57

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Athlon II X2 250 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+ basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.6 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	90 nm
Die size	117 mm²	220 mm²
Number of transistors	410 million	154 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 250 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+ compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	AM3	AM2
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	89 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 250 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon II X2 250 0.71
+39.2%

Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 0.51

Athlon II X2 250 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 5000+ by 39% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon II X2 250 1080
+39.2%

Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 776

Athlon II X2 250 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 5000+ by 39% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Athlon II X2 250 305
+54%

Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 198

Athlon II X2 250 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 5000+ by 54% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Athlon II X2 250 529
+49.9%

Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 353

Athlon II X2 250 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 5000+ by 50% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.