AMD Athlon II X2 245e

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 245e 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 245e

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.9 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 245e Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 57.16

Overall Rank:
4196th fastest in multithreading out of 5487 CPUs
3304th fastest in single threading out of 5487 CPUs
1217th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $19.97 USD (2023-03-08)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1141

Single Thread Rating

1175

^%
Samples: 39*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,743
Thread: 966

^%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 245e

Integer Math	3,081 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,326 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,214 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	329.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	25,510 KBytes/Sec
Physics	113 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	616 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,175 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 245e

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of December 2025.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 11th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,548
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,356
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,952
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,148
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,544
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,109
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,685
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD Athlon II X2 245e		1,141

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 11th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		282.23
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		160.91
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
Intel Core i9-14900K		133.16
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.16
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.30
AMD Athlon II X2 245e		57.16
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
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 11th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,696
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		3,678
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 245e		1,175

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 245e
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3042280 - Nov 10 2025		1231
BL2728619 - Jun 29 2025		1306
BL2520884 - Mar 31 2025		1238
BL2513744 - Mar 28 2025		836
BL1916831 - Oct 03 2023		1293

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 245e
As of 11th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 245e		1,141
AMD Phenom II X2 560 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245e		1,381 (+21.0%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245e		1,091 (-4.4%)
Intel Pentium E6800 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245e		1,155 (+1.2%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245e		1,239 (+8.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245e		1,218 (+6.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B24 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245e		1,124 (-1.5%)
Intel Celeron G1101 @ 2.27GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245e		1,086 (-4.9%)
Intel Celeron G530T @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245e		1,056 (-7.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245e		937 (-17.9%)
Intel Celeron E3400 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245e		893 (-21.7%)
Intel Pentium G640 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245e		1,369 (+19.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245e		1,060 (-7.2%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 245e Good for Gaming?
As of 11th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,444
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,255
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,796
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,513
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,448
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,246
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,670
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,477
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,412
AMD Athlon II X2 245e		270

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