AMD Athlon II X2 255

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 255 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 255

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.1 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 255 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 95.84

Overall Rank:
3726th fastest in multithreading out of 5038 CPUs
2845th fastest in single threading out of 5038 CPUs
1132nd fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $12.55 USD (2022-08-02)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1203

Single Thread Rating

1238

²
Samples: 422*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,843
Thread: 1,046

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 255

Integer Math	3,512 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,545 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,311 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	319.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	26,429 KBytes/Sec
Physics	107 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	616 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,238 MOps/Sec

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

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 255

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 30th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th 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 255		1,203

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
AMD Athlon II X2 255		95.84
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.34
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 255		1,238

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 255
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2479733 - Mar 14 2025		1377
BL2432674 - Feb 22 2025		1386
BL2428110 - Feb 20 2025		1092
BL2423902 - Feb 18 2025		1354
BL2417050 - Feb 15 2025		1356

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 255
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,203
AMD Phenom II X2 555 vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,308 (+8.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 260 vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,203 (+0.0%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,084 (-9.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,019 (-15.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		905 (-24.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 265 vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,290 (+7.3%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,214 (+0.9%)
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,177 (-2.1%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,050 (-12.7%)
AMD Phenom 8600B Triple-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,464 (+21.7%)
Intel Celeron G1610T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		1,327 (+10.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 255		939 (-21.9%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 255 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 255		268

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