AMD Athlon II X2 B28

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 B28 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 B28

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.4 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 B28 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 32.69

Overall Rank:
3686th fastest in multithreading out of 5074 CPUs
2670th fastest in single threading out of 5074 CPUs
1116th fastest in out of 1430 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $39.02 USD (2022-08-14)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1276

Single Thread Rating

1348

^%
Samples: 60*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,032
Thread: 1,145

^%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 B28

Integer Math	3,837 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,828 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,497 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	341.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	27,598 KBytes/Sec
Physics	109 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	640 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,348 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 B28

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of April 2025

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of April 2025.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$39.02 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 20th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,736
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,317
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,048
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,489
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,134
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,868
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,187
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,712
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,645
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,276

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 20th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K		141.54
Intel Core i9-12900K		131.16
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.32
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		32.69
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 20th 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		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
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		2,564
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,348

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 B28
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2326606 - Jan 07 2025		1384
BL2057335 - Mar 21 2024		1194
BL1758414 - Mar 02 2023		1534
BL1652868 - Oct 20 2022		1100
BL1646411 - Oct 11 2022		1446

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 B28
As of 20th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,276
Intel Pentium G640 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,367 (+7.1%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B59 vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,396 (+9.4%)
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,438 (+12.8%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,352 (+6.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,316 (+3.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,170 (-8.3%)
Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,471 (+15.3%)
Intel Pentium G2020T @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,430 (+12.1%)
AMD A4-6300 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,422 (+11.5%)
Intel Pentium G2120 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,896 (+48.6%)
Intel Pentium G2030 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,759 (+37.9%)
Intel Pentium G2020 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,690 (+32.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 B28 Good for Gaming?
As of 20th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,516
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,176
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,328
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,845
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,601
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,514
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,293
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,817
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,692
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,521
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,418
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,341
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		282

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