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: 27.85

Overall Rank:
3724th fastest in multithreading out of 4940 CPUs
2944th fastest in single threading out of 4940 CPUs
1139th fastest in out of 1401 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1110

Single Thread Rating

1150

²
Samples: 536*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,632
Thread: 977

²Single 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	3,218 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,529 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,038 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	300.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	24,695 KBytes/Sec
Physics	101 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	557 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,150 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of January 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 245

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 15th of January 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of January 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 18th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,874
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,410
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,084
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,581
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,110
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,881
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,229
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,732
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,605
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,154
AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,110

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		200.77
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		188.65
Intel Core i9-12900K		146.84
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		146.44
Intel Core i9-13900K		117.75
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.55
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		55.63
AMD Athlon II X2 245		27.85
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 18th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,614
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,154
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,025
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,685
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,926
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,565
AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,150

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 245
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2194443 - Sep 14 2024		1216
BL2111725 - May 29 2024		1293
BL2111025 - May 28 2024		1294
BL2055742 - Mar 19 2024		1307
BL2047993 - Mar 11 2024		1248

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 245
As of 18th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,110
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,165 (+4.9%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		933 (-16.0%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,167 (+5.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,047 (-5.7%)
Intel Pentium E6300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,032 (-7.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		990 (-10.8%)
AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		987 (-11.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		987 (-11.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		930 (-16.3%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,222 (+10.0%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,183 (+6.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		991 (-10.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 245 Good for Gaming?
As of 18th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,205
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,873
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,716
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,593
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,313
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,856
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,738
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,591
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,517
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,278
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,177
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,125
AMD Athlon II X2 245		251

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