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AMD Athlon II X2 255

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 255 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.

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 255 Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]

AMD Athlon II X2 255

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.1 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 255 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 93.62

Overall Rank:
3624th fastest in multithreading out of 4901 CPUs
2742nd fastest in single threading out of 4901 CPUs
1113th fastest in out of 1399 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $12.55 USD (2022-08-02)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1175
Single Thread Rating
1234
2
Samples: 412*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,843
Thread: 1,046
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 255

Integer Math3,468 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,500 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,296 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption308.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression26,218 KBytes/Sec
Physics109 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions595 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,234 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 255

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 29th of November 2024
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 29th of November 2024.
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 4th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,998
Intel Core i9-12900K
41,470
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39,109
Intel Core i7-12700K
34,596
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,085
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,257
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,746
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,569
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,152
AMD Athlon II X2 255
1,175
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 4th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
208.45
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
197.20
Intel Core i9-12900K
148.20
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
145.39
Intel Core i9-13900K
132.58
AMD Athlon II X2 255
93.62
Intel Core i7-12700K
84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
49.48
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 4th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K
4,160
Intel Core i7-12700K
4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,928
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2,567
AMD Athlon II X2 255
1,234
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 255
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2179959 - Aug 27 2024
1363
BL1948077 - Nov 16 2023
1341
BL1912249 - Sep 26 2023
953
BL1912231 - Sep 26 2023
854
BL1912106 - Sep 26 2023
1026
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 255
As of 4th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 255
1,175
AMD Phenom II X2 555 vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
1,296 (+10.3%)
Intel Pentium E6700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
1,182 (+0.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 260 vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
1,179 (+0.3%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
1,081 (-8.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
1,012 (-13.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
896 (-23.7%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
1,213 (+3.3%)
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
1,182 (+0.6%)
AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
900 (-23.4%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
1,040 (-11.5%)
Intel Celeron E3500 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
935 (-20.4%)
AMD Phenom 8600B Triple-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
1,464 (+24.6%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 255 Good for Gaming?
As of 4th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,266
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
11,058
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,890
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,681
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,329
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,872
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,751
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
9,664
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,510
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS
9,237
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
8,929
AMD Athlon II X2 255
270