AMD Athlon II X2 255

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 255 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 255

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.1 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 255 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 93.62

Overall Rank:
3556th fastest in multithreading out of 4830 CPUs
2686th fastest in single threading out of 4830 CPUs
1090th fastest in out of 1380 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $12.55 USD (2022-08-02)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1175

Single Thread Rating

1234

²
Samples: 412*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,843
Thread: 1,046

²Single 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 255

Integer Math	3,468 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,500 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,296 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	308.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	26,218 KBytes/Sec
Physics	109 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	595 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,234 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of September 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 255

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of September 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of September 2024.
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 7th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,133
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,128
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,611
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,866
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,276
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,750
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,535
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,170
AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,175

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		197.25
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		182.42
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		157.54
Intel Core i9-12900K		149.88
Intel Core i9-13900K		133.83
AMD Athlon II X2 255		93.62
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.62
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		57.83
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,624
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,164
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,030
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,909
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,806
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,693
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,929
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,234

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 255
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2179959 - Aug 27 2024		1363
BL1948077 - Nov 16 2023		1341
BL1912249 - Sep 26 2023		953
BL1912231 - Sep 26 2023		854
BL1912106 - Sep 26 2023		1026

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 255
As of 7th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,175
AMD Phenom II X2 555 vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,296 (+10.3%)
Intel Pentium E6700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,182 (+0.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 260 vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,171 (-0.3%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,084 (-7.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,013 (-13.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		896 (-23.7%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,213 (+3.3%)
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,172 (-0.2%)
AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		900 (-23.4%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,037 (-11.7%)
Intel Celeron E3500 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		935 (-20.4%)
AMD Phenom 8600B Triple-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,464 (+24.6%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 255 Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,269
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,235
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,033
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,497
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,393
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,094
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,972
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,842
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,779
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,531
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		7,519
AMD Athlon II X2 255		270

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