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:
4341st fastest in multithreading out of 5819 CPUs
3506th fastest in single threading out of 5819 CPUs
1253rd fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1128

Single Thread Rating

1128

Samples: 554*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,632
Thread: 977

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon II X2 245

Integer Math	3,248 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,491 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,999 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	305.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	24,467 KBytes/Sec
Physics	98 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	580 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,128 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 245

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of March 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of March 2026.
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 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,417
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,259
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,936
Apple M4 10 Core		23,683
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,595
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 245		1,128

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		144.67
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		137.59
Intel Core i5-12400F		130.51
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.56
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.85
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.89
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.54
AMD Athlon II X2 245		28.29
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,693
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
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		3,490
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 245		1,128

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 245
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3279523 - Feb 11 2026		893
BL3279463 - Feb 11 2026		764
BL3220661 - Jan 17 2026		1249
BL3111263 - Dec 06 2025		1310
BL3063130 - Nov 18 2025		1271

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 245
As of 12th of March 2026 - 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		1,184 (+4.9%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,009 (-10.6%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		941 (-16.6%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,201 (+6.4%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,139 (+1.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,050 (-6.9%)
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		945 (-16.2%)
Intel Pentium E2220 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		857 (-24.0%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,217 (+7.8%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,216 (+7.8%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 245 Good for Gaming?
As of 12th 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		11,264
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		10,173
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,445
AMD Athlon II X2 245		245

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