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AMD Athlon II X2 240

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 240 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.

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 240 Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]


AMD Athlon II X2 240

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.8 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 240 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 42.48

Overall Rank:
4292nd fastest in multithreading out of 5493 CPUs
3542nd fastest in single threading out of 5493 CPUs
1237th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $24.95 USD (2020-07-07)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1060
Single Thread Rating
1078
%
Samples: 690*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,658
Thread: 948
%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 240

Integer Math3,037 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,370 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting2,887 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption292.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression23,129 KBytes/Sec
Physics97 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions520 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,078 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 240

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of December 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of December 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$24.95 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 15th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
 58,554
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,349
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 38,952
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,147
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,547
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,107
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,684
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,142
AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,060
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 263.94
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 164.62
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 159.58
Intel Core i9-14900K
 130.41
Intel Core i5-12400F
 122.18
Intel Core i9-13900K
 106.30
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 53.74
AMD Athlon II X2 240
 42.48
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 15th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
 4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,889
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,677
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,561
AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,078
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 240
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2859617 - Aug 24 2025
1261
BL2818225 - Aug 06 2025
1261
BL2747081 - Jul 07 2025
1189
BL2639249 - May 20 2025
1135
BL2572368 - Apr 22 2025
963
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 240
As of 15th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,060
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,218 (+14.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,011 (-4.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 975 (-8.0%)
Intel Celeron E3200 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 900 (-15.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B22 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,064 (+0.4%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,181 (+11.4%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B24 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,124 (+6.1%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,071 (+1.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8300 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,057 (-0.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4700 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,011 (-4.6%)
Intel Celeron E3400 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 893 (-15.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 774 (-27.0%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 240 Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,439
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,253
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,796
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,516
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,446
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D
 10,285
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,269
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,693
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,470
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,412
AMD Athlon II X2 240
 239