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: 28.25

Overall Rank:
3824th fastest in multithreading out of 5064 CPUs
3082nd fastest in single threading out of 5064 CPUs
1162nd fastest in out of 1425 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1126

Single Thread Rating

1134

^%
Samples: 542*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,632
Thread: 977

^%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 245

Integer Math	3,255 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,525 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,053 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	305.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	24,831 KBytes/Sec
Physics	100 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	571 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,134 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 245

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of April 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of April 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 18th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,729
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,323
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,047
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,489
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,133
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,868
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,187
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,713
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,143
AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,126

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		234.14
Intel Core i9-13900K		139.83
Intel Core i9-12900K		131.19
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.32
AMD Athlon II X2 245		28.25
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 18th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,142
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		3,680
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,922
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
BL2555499 - Apr 15 2025		1205
BL2507061 - Mar 25 2025		1284
BL2461746 - Mar 06 2025		1297
BL2430696 - Feb 21 2025		1005
BL2422729 - Feb 18 2025		1283

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 245
As of 18th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,126
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,170 (+3.9%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		932 (-17.2%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,155 (+2.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,041 (-7.6%)
Intel Pentium E6300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,032 (-8.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,007 (-10.6%)
AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,002 (-11.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		990 (-12.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		936 (-16.9%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,222 (+8.5%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		1,204 (+6.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 245		991 (-12.0%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 245 Good for Gaming?
As of 18th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,498
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,177
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,336
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,849
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,602
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,514
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,819
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,691
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,516
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,442
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,410
AMD Athlon II X2 245		249

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