AMD Athlon II X2 255

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon II X2 255 can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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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 Size: L1: 256 KB, L2: 2.0 MB,

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 255 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 92.62

Overall Rank: 2874

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

Average CPU Mark

1162

Single Thread Rating: 1243²
Samples: 401*
*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	3,534 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,604 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	296.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	25.8 MBytes/Sec
Physics	110 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	570 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,243 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of January 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 255

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 29th of January 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 29th of January 2023.
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

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	Empowered PC Continuum Micro Gaming Desktop (AMD Ryzen 3 5300G with AMD Radeon Graphics, 16GB RAM, 256GB NVMe SSD, 500W PSU, AC WiFi, Windows 11 Home) Gamer Computer	$499.99 (www.amazon.com)
	HP Slim Desktop, AMD Athlon Gold 3150U, 8GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, Windows 11 (S01-aF0020, Black)	$688.00 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 31st of January 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,578
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,753
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,689
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,163
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,964
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,934
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,563
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,794
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		14,555
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,270
AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,162

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of January 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		187.31
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		131.34
Intel Core i9-12900K		99.82
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		92.99
AMD Athlon II X2 255		92.62
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.97
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		41.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		31.20
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 31st of January 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,208
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,060
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,848
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,827
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,731
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,356
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,948
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		2,891
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,664
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,568
AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,243

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 255
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1730300 - Jan 27 2023		881
BL1636494 - Sep 26 2022		1217
BL5022363 - Sep 17 2022		1328
BL1576713 - Jun 05 2022		1206
BL1559111 - Apr 30 2022		1352

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 255
As of 31st of January 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,162
AMD Athlon II X2 260 vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,114 (-4.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,004 (-13.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 265 vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,265 (+8.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,258 (+8.2%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,227 (+5.5%)
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,128 (-3.0%)
AMD Phenom II X2 555 vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,311 (+12.8%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,008 (-13.3%)
AMD Phenom 8600B Triple-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,447 (+24.5%)
Intel Celeron G1610T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,373 (+18.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		863 (-25.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		740 (-36.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 255 Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of January 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-13900T		8,921
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,621
Intel Core i9-13900F		8,178
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,793
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,549
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D		7,102
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X		6,699
Intel Core i7-13700K		6,670
Intel Core i5-13600K		6,639
Intel Core i5-13600KF		6,530
Intel Core i7-13700F		6,478
Intel Core i9-12900KS		6,435
AMD Athlon II X2 255		273

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