AMD Athlon II X2 B28

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 B28 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 B28

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.4 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 B28 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 33.00

Overall Rank:
4181st fastest in multithreading out of 5819 CPUs
3010th fastest in single threading out of 5819 CPUs
1198th fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $39.02 USD (2022-08-14)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1288

Single Thread Rating

1357

^%
Samples: 65*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,032
Thread: 1,145

^%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 B28

Integer Math	3,896 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,877 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,460 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	338.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	28,118 KBytes/Sec
Physics	106 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	668 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,357 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 B28

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 6th of March 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of March 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,417
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,259
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,936
Apple M4 10 Core		23,683
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,595
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,075
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,677
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,130
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,288

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		144.67
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		137.59
Intel Core i5-12400F		130.51
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.56
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.85
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.89
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.54
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		33.00
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,693
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,490
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,913
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,357

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 B28
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3072633 - Nov 21 2025		1512
BL3015333 - Oct 30 2025		1408
BL3015309 - Oct 30 2025		1169
BL3001468 - Oct 24 2025		1134
BL2610885 - May 08 2025		1427

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 B28
As of 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,288
Intel Pentium G640 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,359 (+5.5%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B59 vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,407 (+9.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,184 (-8.1%)
Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,494 (+16.1%)
AMD A4-6300 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,437 (+11.6%)
Intel Pentium G2020T @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,437 (+11.6%)
Intel Pentium E6700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,190 (-7.6%)
Intel Pentium G2120 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,879 (+45.9%)
Intel Pentium G2030 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,769 (+37.4%)
Intel Pentium G2020 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,704 (+32.3%)
Intel Celeron G1820T @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,599 (+24.2%)
Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,547 (+20.2%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 B28 Good for Gaming?
As of 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,426
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,264
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,611
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,522
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,389
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,374
Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus		10,291
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,173
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,445
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		280

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