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: 32.90

Overall Rank:
3725th fastest in multithreading out of 5121 CPUs
2707th fastest in single threading out of 5121 CPUs
1130th fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1284

Single Thread Rating

1348

^%
Samples: 61*
*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	3,850 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,839 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,489 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	344.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	27,685 KBytes/Sec
Physics	109 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	647 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,348 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 B28

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of May 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 18th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,695
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,314
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,033
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,137
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,863
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,475
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,175
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,709
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,658
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,284

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		184.13
Intel Core i5-12400F		178.69
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		161.95
Intel Core i9-13900K		148.60
Intel Core i9-12900K		136.22
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		51.93
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		32.90
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 18th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,140
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,478
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,348

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 B28
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2610885 - May 08 2025		1427
BL2326606 - Jan 07 2025		1384
BL2057335 - Mar 21 2024		1194
BL1758414 - Mar 02 2023		1534
BL1652868 - Oct 20 2022		1100

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 B28
As of 18th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,284
AMD Phenom II X2 B59 vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,396 (+8.7%)
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,441 (+12.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,170 (-8.9%)
Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,476 (+15.0%)
Intel Pentium G2020T @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,430 (+11.4%)
AMD A4-6300 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,422 (+10.8%)
Intel Pentium G2030 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,760 (+37.1%)
Intel Pentium G2020 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,692 (+31.8%)
Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,542 (+20.1%)
AMD A4-5300 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,366 (+6.4%)
AMD A6-5400K APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,276 (-0.6%)
AMD A4-5300B APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,254 (-2.3%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 B28 Good for Gaming?
As of 18th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,497
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,157
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,325
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,848
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,597
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,513
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,285
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,812
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,679
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,523
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,489
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,416
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		283

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