AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core 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 X2 340 Dual Core

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2

Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.6 GHz

Cores: 2 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 1 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 16 KB
L2 Cache: 1 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) X2 340 Dual Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2013

CPUmark/$Price: 14.05

Overall Rank:
4116th fastest in multithreading out of 5791 CPUs
3187th fastest in single threading out of 5791 CPUs
1182nd fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $94.97 USD (2022-07-13)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1334

Single Thread Rating

1270

Samples: 55*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,136
Thread: 1,255

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core

Integer Math	8,338 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,377 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,716 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	409.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	21,750 KBytes/Sec
Physics	125 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	555 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,270 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of February 2026

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of February 2026.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 19th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,445
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,281
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,939
Apple M4 10 Core		23,700
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,584
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,082
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,678
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,643
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,334

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 19th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.23
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.62
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.41
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.93
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.59
AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		14.05
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 19th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,913
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,270

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3133730 - Dec 14 2025		1281
BL3133494 - Dec 14 2025		1405
BL2650346 - May 25 2025		1447
BL2362293 - Jan 23 2025		1355
BL2346904 - Jan 16 2025		1439

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core
As of 19th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,334
AMD A6-6400K APU vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,515 (+13.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 280 vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,384 (+3.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,302 (-2.4%)
Intel Celeron G550 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,275 (-4.4%)
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,459 (+9.4%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,356 (+1.6%)
AMD A4-4020 APU vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,269 (-4.8%)
Intel Pentium E5800 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,190 (-10.8%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,075 (-19.4%)
Intel Celeron G1620 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,598 (+19.8%)
Intel Celeron G555 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,427 (+7.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8600 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		1,378 (+3.3%)

Is the AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core Good for Gaming?
As of 19th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,432
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,517
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,378
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,195
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,783
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,780
AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core		294

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