AMD Athlon II X2 245

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 245 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 245

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2+/AM3

Clockspeed: 2.9 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 245 Processor, AMD Athlon(tm) X2 245 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 28.20

Overall Rank:
3802nd fastest in multithreading out of 5038 CPUs
3062nd fastest in single threading out of 5038 CPUs
1158th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $39.88 USD (2022-08-03)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1125

Single Thread Rating

1134

²
Samples: 541*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,632
Thread: 977

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 245

Integer Math	3,251 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,531 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,054 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	305.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	24,822 KBytes/Sec
Physics	100 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	569 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,134 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 245

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 27th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 27th of March 2025.
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 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,751
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,334
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,495
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,125
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,718
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,639
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,125

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		224.28
Intel Core i9-12900K		130.81
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.61
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.34
AMD Athlon II X2 245		28.20
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 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,134

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 245
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2507061 - Mar 25 2025		1284
BL2461746 - Mar 06 2025		1297
BL2430696 - Feb 21 2025		1005
BL2422729 - Feb 18 2025		1283
BL2379527 - Jan 30 2025		1291

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 245
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,125
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,169 (+4.0%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		934 (-16.9%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,183 (+5.2%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,155 (+2.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,042 (-7.3%)
Intel Pentium E6300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,032 (-8.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,007 (-10.4%)
AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,002 (-10.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		990 (-12.0%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		936 (-16.8%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,222 (+8.6%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,204 (+7.0%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 245 Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,188
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,362
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,855
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,824
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,695
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,533
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,445
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,433
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		9,328
AMD Athlon II X2 245		249

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