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AMD Athlon II X2 240

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 240 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.

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 240 Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]


AMD Athlon II X2 240

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.8 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 240 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 41.86

Overall Rank:
3767th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
3082nd fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
1155th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $24.95 USD (2020-07-07)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1044
Single Thread Rating
1081
2
Samples: 682*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,658
Thread: 948
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 240

Integer Math3,004 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,384 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting2,873 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption288.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression22,984 KBytes/Sec
Physics97 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions505 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,081 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 240

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 18th of December 2024
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of December 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$24.95 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


Machines with this CPU (or similar)

HP Compaq 6005 Pro - Athlon II X2 B24 3 GHz HP Compaq 6005 Pro - Athlon II X2 B24 3 GHz $88.00
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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,920
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,435
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,099
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,598
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,098
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,251
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,742
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,582
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,152
AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,044
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 286.20
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 186.30
Intel Core i9-12900K
 150.67
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 145.75
Intel Core i9-13900K
 111.18
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 60.43
AMD Athlon II X2 240
 41.86
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,616
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,157
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,027
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,685
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,927
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,566
AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,081
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 240
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2289571 - Dec 20 2024
1192
BL2232744 - Oct 30 2024
1229
BL2214620 - Oct 08 2024
1118
BL2175797 - Aug 22 2024
1171
BL2166732 - Aug 11 2024
1238
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 240
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,044
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,281 (+22.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,206 (+15.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 990 (-5.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 973 (-6.9%)
Intel Celeron E3200 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 872 (-16.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B22 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,053 (+0.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,165 (+11.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B24 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 1,120 (+7.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8300 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 996 (-4.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4700 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 908 (-13.1%)
Intel Celeron E3400 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 860 (-17.7%)
Intel Pentium E2220 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240
 842 (-19.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 240 Good for Gaming?
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,250
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,924
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,882
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,563
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,322
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,869
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,577
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,424
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,305
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
 9,258
Intel Core i9-14900KS
 9,198
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
 8,916
AMD Athlon II X2 240
 238