AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core 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 X2 340 Dual Core

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2

Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.6 GHz

Cores: 2 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 1 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 16 KB
L2 Cache: 1 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) X2 340 Dual Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2013

CPUmark/$Price: 14.03

Overall Rank:
3711th fastest in multithreading out of 5149 CPUs
2898th fastest in single threading out of 5149 CPUs
1119th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $94.97 USD (2022-07-13)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1333

Single Thread Rating

1261

Samples: 53*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,136
Thread: 1,255

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core

Integer Math	8,443 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,400 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,710 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	408.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	21,768 KBytes/Sec
Physics	124 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	553 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,261 MOps/Sec

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

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of June 2025.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 16th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,662
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,302
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,018
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,483
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,166
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,705
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,649
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,333

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		227.01
Intel Core i5-12400F		186.44
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.81
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		152.50
Intel Core i9-12900K		136.19
Intel Core i9-13900K		128.37
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.23
AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		14.03
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 16th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,139
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,477
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,261

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2650346 - May 25 2025		1447
BL2362293 - Jan 23 2025		1355
BL2346904 - Jan 16 2025		1439
BL2287809 - Dec 19 2024		1343
BL2031941 - Feb 23 2024		1365

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core
As of 16th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,333
AMD A6-6400K APU vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,514 (+13.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 280 vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,355 (+1.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,293 (-2.9%)
Intel Celeron G550 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,255 (-5.8%)
AMD A6-7400K APU vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,662 (+24.7%)
AMD A4-4020 APU vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,269 (-4.7%)
Intel Pentium E5800 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,182 (-11.3%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,089 (-18.2%)
Intel Celeron G1820 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,704 (+27.8%)
Intel Celeron G1620 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,571 (+17.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8600 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,366 (+2.5%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,176 (-11.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,499
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,153
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,305
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,842
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,587
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,486
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,277
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,806
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,768
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,656
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,518
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,493
AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		292

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