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AMD Athlon II X2 255

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon II X2 255 can be found below. 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?

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AMD Athlon II X2 255

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.1 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache Size: L1: 256 KB, L2: 2.0 MB,

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 255 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 93.23

Overall Rank: 3280

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

Average CPU Mark
rating
1170

Single Thread Rating: 12342
Samples: 411*
*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 Math3,459 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,498 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,290 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption306.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression26,161 KBytes/Sec
Physics109 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions591 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,234 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of December 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 255

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 28th of November 2023
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of November 2023.
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 2nd of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 59,544
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,410
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,719
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
 22,611
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,030
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,929
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,383
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,779
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,410
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,199
AMD Athlon II X2 255
 1,170
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 2nd of December 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 212.95
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
 153.85
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 140.20
Intel Core i9-12900K
 117.31
Intel Core i9-13900K
 104.47
AMD Athlon II X2 255
 93.23
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.89
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 32.54
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 2nd of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,649
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,187
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,050
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,943
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,841
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,708
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,939
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
 2,663
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,569
AMD Athlon II X2 255
 1,234
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 255
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL1948077 - Nov 16 2023
1341
BL1912249 - Sep 26 2023
953
BL1912231 - Sep 26 2023
854
BL1912106 - Sep 26 2023
1026
BL1805143 - Apr 27 2023
1129
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 255
As of 2nd of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 255
 1,170
AMD Phenom II X2 555 vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
 1,318 (+12.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 260 vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
 1,141 (-2.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
 1,014 (-13.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
 888 (-24.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
 1,270 (+8.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 265 vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
 1,265 (+8.1%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
 1,221 (+4.4%)
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
 1,172 (+0.2%)
AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
 900 (-23.0%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
 1,020 (-12.8%)
Intel Celeron E3500 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
 935 (-20.1%)
AMD Phenom 8600B Triple-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 255
 1,461 (+24.9%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 255 Good for Gaming?
As of 2nd of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 9,213
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 9,076
Intel Core i9-13900KS
 8,575
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 8,426
Intel Core i9-14900KF
 8,384
Intel Core i9-14900K
 8,241
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
 7,886
Intel Core i9-13900K
 7,811
Intel Core i5-14600K
 7,755
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX
 7,602
Intel Core i7-13790F
 7,544
Intel Core i9-13900KF
 7,516
AMD Athlon II X2 255
 270