AMD Athlon II X2 245

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 245 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 245

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2+/AM3

Clockspeed: 2.9 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 245 Processor, AMD Athlon(tm) X2 245 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 28.29

Overall Rank:
4167th fastest in multithreading out of 5447 CPUs
3372nd fastest in single threading out of 5447 CPUs
1212th fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $39.88 USD (2022-08-03)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1128

Single Thread Rating

1132

^%
Samples: 548*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,632
Thread: 977

^%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 245

Integer Math	3,253 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,511 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,025 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	305.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	24,650 KBytes/Sec
Physics	99 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	578 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,132 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 245

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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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,565
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,416
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,959
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,847
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,518
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,116
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,687
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,128

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		265.57
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		170.70
Intel Core i5-12400F		153.20
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		144.83
Intel Core i9-14900K		127.60
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.32
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		47.80
AMD Athlon II X2 245		28.29
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 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,698
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,603
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,834
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 245		1,132

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 245
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2928083 - Sep 23 2025		1177
BL2922140 - Sep 20 2025		847
BL2879326 - Sep 02 2025		1284
BL2638645 - May 20 2025		1213
BL2619988 - May 12 2025		1220

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 245
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,128
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,178 (+4.5%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,004 (-11.0%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		933 (-17.3%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,175 (+4.1%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,154 (+2.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,043 (-7.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,007 (-10.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		975 (-13.6%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		942 (-16.5%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,233 (+9.3%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,222 (+8.3%)
Intel Pentium E6700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,219 (+8.1%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 245 Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,414
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,135
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,252
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,506
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,497
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,622
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,498
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,487
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,413
AMD Athlon II X2 245		247

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