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:
3634th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
2748th fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
1115th fastest in out of 1400 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 21st of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 255

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 20th of December 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of December 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 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,920
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,434
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,100
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,599
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,098
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,251
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,742
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,582
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,153
AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,175

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		260.95
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		190.75
Intel Core i9-12900K		154.03
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		147.55
Intel Core i9-13900K		111.70
AMD Athlon II X2 255		93.62
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.46
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 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,616
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,157
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,027
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,927
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,566
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 21st of December 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		1,179 (+0.3%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,083 (-7.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,014 (-13.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		898 (-23.6%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,208 (+2.8%)
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,182 (+0.6%)
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		1,040 (-11.5%)
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 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,248
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,940
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,882
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,563
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,323
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,869
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,586
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,424
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,305
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,192
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,159
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,916
AMD Athlon II X2 255		270

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