AMD Athlon II X2 4300e

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 4300e 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.
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AMD Athlon II X2 4300e

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket:

Clockspeed: 2.6 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 13 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 512 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 4300e Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
4317th fastest in multithreading out of 5444 CPUs
3514th fastest in single threading out of 5444 CPUs
1248th fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

990

Single Thread Rating

1074

^%
Samples: 8*
*Margin for error: Medium

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,502
Thread: 914

^%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 4300e

Integer Math	3,282 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,437 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,124 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	244.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	23,936 KBytes/Sec
Physics	115 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	528 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,074 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 4300e

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 7th of November 2025

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of November 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,563
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,419
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,959
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,847
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,517
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,115
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,687
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD Athlon II X2 4300e		990

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		264.77
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		170.71
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		144.83
Intel Core i5-12400F		128.61
Intel Core i9-14900K		127.59
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.32
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		47.80
AMD Athlon II X2 4300e		NA
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 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,698
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,679
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,468
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Athlon II X2 4300e		1,074

Last 2 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 4300e
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1332395 - Dec 02 2020		1058
BL1332376 - Dec 02 2020		1062

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 4300e
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 4300e		990
Intel Pentium E5800 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 4300e		1,189 (+20.1%)
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 4300e		1,172 (+18.3%)
Intel Celeron G530 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 4300e		1,148 (+15.9%)
AMD A4-3420 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 4300e		1,067 (+7.7%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 4300e		1,066 (+7.7%)
AMD A4-3300 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 4300e		956 (-3.5%)
Intel Pentium G645T @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 4300e		1,238 (+25.0%)
Intel Pentium G640T @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 4300e		1,139 (+15.0%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 4300e		1,092 (+10.3%)
Intel Pentium G630T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 4300e		1,032 (+4.2%)
AMD E2-3200 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 4300e		986 (-0.5%)
Intel Pentium G620T @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 4300e		896 (-9.5%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 4300e Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,414
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,136
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,255
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,505
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,496
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,622
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,499
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,482
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,419
AMD Athlon II X2 4300e		261

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