AMD Athlon II X2 215

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 215 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 215

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.7 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 512 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 215 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 34.89

Overall Rank:
4303rd fastest in multithreading out of 5450 CPUs
3577th fastest in single threading out of 5450 CPUs
1240th fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $28.97 USD (2020-08-08)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1011

Single Thread Rating

1049

^%
Samples: 478*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,524
Thread: 902

^%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 215

Integer Math	2,946 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,273 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,758 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	273.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	22,294 KBytes/Sec
Physics	96 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	512 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,049 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 215

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of November 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of November 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 16th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,566
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,404
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,959
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,148
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,847
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,521
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,115
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,686
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD Athlon II X2 215		1,011

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		268.38
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		170.82
Intel Core i5-12400F		153.23
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		144.83
Intel Core i9-14900K		127.60
Intel Core i9-13900K		103.37
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.76
AMD Athlon II X2 215		34.89
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 November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,698
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Athlon II X2 215		1,049

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 215
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2888973 - Sep 06 2025		1166
BL2777713 - Jul 20 2025		1204
BL2736829 - Jul 02 2025		891
BL2719854 - Jun 25 2025		1183
BL2707158 - Jun 19 2025		1187

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 215
As of 16th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 215		1,011
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon II X2 215		1,178 (+16.6%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 215		933 (-7.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 215		1,216 (+20.3%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 215		1,175 (+16.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B24 vs AMD Athlon II X2 215		1,124 (+11.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240 vs AMD Athlon II X2 215		1,060 (+4.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 215		975 (-3.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 215		772 (-23.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B22 vs AMD Athlon II X2 215		1,064 (+5.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4700 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 215		1,011 (0.0%)
Intel Pentium E6800 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 215		1,155 (+14.3%)
AMD Phenom X3 8550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 215		1,151 (+13.9%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 215 Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,411
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,134
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,252
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,506
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,495
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,623
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,495
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,480
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,413
AMD Athlon II X2 215		234

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