AMD Athlon II X2 235e

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 235e 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 235e

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.7 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 45 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 235e Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 11.07

Overall Rank:
3962nd fastest in multithreading out of 5157 CPUs
3250th fastest in single threading out of 5157 CPUs
1195th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $97.50 USD (2021-06-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1079

Single Thread Rating

1098

^%
Samples: 102*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,652
Thread: 917

^%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 235e

Integer Math	3,158 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,337 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,019 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	286.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	23,735 KBytes/Sec
Physics	106 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	543 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,098 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 235e

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of June 2025.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,653
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,296
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,014
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,143
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,860
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,488
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,164
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,704
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,655
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD Athlon II X2 235e		1,079

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		236.09
Intel Core i5-12400F		196.85
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		162.57
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		152.87
Intel Core i9-12900K		136.17
Intel Core i9-13900K		133.30
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.22
AMD Athlon II X2 235e		11.07
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 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,138
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
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 II X2 235e		1,098

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 235e
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2128746 - Jun 22 2024		1069
BL2020662 - Feb 10 2024		961
BL1808426 - May 02 2023		1172
BL1716710 - Jan 10 2023		1161
BL1657462 - Oct 26 2022		1184

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 235e
As of 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 235e		1,079
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 235e		1,294 (+20.0%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 235e		1,176 (+9.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7600 @ 3.06GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 235e		1,144 (+6.0%)
AMD Athlon 7850 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 235e		1,058 (-1.9%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 235e		995 (-7.8%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 235e		928 (-14.0%)
AMD Athlon 5000 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 235e		872 (-19.1%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B vs AMD Athlon II X2 235e		856 (-20.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8200 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 235e		1,140 (+5.6%)
AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 235e		1,005 (-6.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 235e		909 (-15.8%)
AMD Athlon II X3 405e vs AMD Athlon II X2 235e		1,331 (+23.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 235e Good for Gaming?
As of 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,450
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,149
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,299
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,841
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,588
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,483
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,275
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,809
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,804
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,640
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,531
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,491
AMD Athlon II X2 235e		252

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