AMD Athlon II X2 245

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 245 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 245

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2+/AM3

Clockspeed: 2.9 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 245 Processor, AMD Athlon(tm) X2 245 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 28.33

Overall Rank:
4007th fastest in multithreading out of 5270 CPUs
3229th fastest in single threading out of 5270 CPUs
1186th fastest in out of 1451 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $39.88 USD (2022-08-03)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1130

Single Thread Rating

1135

^%
Samples: 545*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,632
Thread: 977

^%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 245

Integer Math	3,257 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,524 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,051 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	306.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	24,762 KBytes/Sec
Physics	100 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	574 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,135 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of July 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 245

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 15th of July 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of July 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 15th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,627
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,010
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,430
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,146
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,859
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,493
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,155
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,702
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,653
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,149
AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,130

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		228.15
Intel Core i5-12400F		168.99
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		162.55
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.62
Intel Core i9-13900K		135.08
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.18
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		45.50
AMD Athlon II X2 245		28.33
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 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,014
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,898
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,478
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,920
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,135

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 245
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2638645 - May 20 2025		1213
BL2619988 - May 12 2025		1220
BL2619548 - May 12 2025		1104
BL2555499 - Apr 15 2025		1205
BL2507061 - Mar 25 2025		1284

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 245
As of 15th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,130
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,173 (+3.8%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		932 (-17.5%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,147 (+1.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,040 (-8.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,007 (-10.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		975 (-13.7%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		936 (-17.1%)
Intel Pentium E2220 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		855 (-24.3%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,222 (+8.2%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,222 (+8.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		991 (-12.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		778 (-31.2%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 245 Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,430
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,145
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,281
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,835
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,568
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,475
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,276
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,880
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,799
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,624
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,530
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,464
AMD Athlon II X2 245		249

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