AMD Athlon II X2 240e

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 240e 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 240e

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.8 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 240e Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 26.58

Overall Rank:
4484th fastest in multithreading out of 5819 CPUs
3591st fastest in single threading out of 5819 CPUs
1284th fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $37.89 USD (2021-08-05)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1007

Single Thread Rating

1097

^%
Samples: 114*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,671
Thread: 959

^%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 240e

Integer Math	2,885 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,330 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,863 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	277.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	22,930 KBytes/Sec
Physics	103 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	469 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,097 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 240e

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of March 2026.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,416
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,255
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,935
Apple M4 10 Core		23,685
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,596
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,075
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,677
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,130
AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,007

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		192.75
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		159.01
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		144.67
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.56
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.88
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.54
Intel Core i5-12400F		42.90
AMD Athlon II X2 240e		26.58
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,693
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,599
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,913
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,097

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 240e
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2371667 - Jan 27 2025		1250
BL2154365 - Jul 26 2024		817
BL1847512 - Jun 26 2023		1312
BL5021699 - Sep 04 2022		1228
BL1536493 - Mar 21 2022		1154

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 240e
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,007
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,184 (+17.5%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,139 (+13.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,130 (+12.2%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,070 (+6.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,011 (+0.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		975 (-3.2%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		941 (-6.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		777 (-22.8%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,228 (+22.0%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,216 (+20.7%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		945 (-6.2%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,201 (+19.2%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 240e Good for Gaming?
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,426
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,266
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,611
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,522
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,389
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,374
Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus		10,291
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,176
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,792
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,444
AMD Athlon II X2 240e		248

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