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AMD Athlon II X2 240

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 240 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 240 Good for Gaming?

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


AMD Athlon II X2 240

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.8 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 240 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 42.09

Overall Rank:
3937th fastest in multithreading out of 5094 CPUs
3247th fastest in single threading out of 5094 CPUs
1195th fastest in out of 1440 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $24.95 USD (2020-07-07)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1050
Single Thread Rating
1078
%
Samples: 686*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,658
Thread: 948
%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 240

Integer Math3,014 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,377 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting2,873 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption289.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression23,014 KBytes/Sec
Physics97 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions512 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,078 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 240

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 21st of April 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of April 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$24.95 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 $104.55
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HP Compaq 6005 Pro SFF Athlon II X2 B24 3.0GHZ 160GB 4GB WINDOWS 7 PRO 64-BIT DVD/RW HP Compaq 6005 Pro SFF Athlon II X2 B24 3.0GHZ 160GB 4GB WINDOWS 7 PRO 64-BIT DVD/RW $161.96
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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 27th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,725
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,321
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,043
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,487
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,129
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,868
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,182
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,711
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,650
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,144
AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,050
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 27th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K
 147.18
Intel Core i9-12900K
 131.75
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.32
AMD Athlon II X2 240
 42.09
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 27th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,141
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
 3,680
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,922
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,563
AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,078
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 240
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2572368 - Apr 22 2025
963
BL2487354 - Mar 17 2025
1195
BL2341797 - Jan 14 2025
1213
BL2318072 - Jan 03 2025
1183
BL2289571 - Dec 20 2024
1192
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 240
As of 27th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,050
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,210 (+15.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 994 (-5.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 990 (-5.7%)
Intel Celeron E3200 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 900 (-14.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B22 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,053 (+0.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,170 (+11.4%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B24 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,111 (+5.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8300 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,019 (-3.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4700 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 900 (-14.3%)
Intel Celeron E3400 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 883 (-16.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 774 (-26.3%)
AMD Phenom X3 8550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,151 (+9.6%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 240 Good for Gaming?
As of 27th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,401
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,168
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,300
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,844
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,614
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,513
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,292
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,816
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,685
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,528
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,411
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
 9,295
AMD Athlon II X2 240
 238