AMD Athlon II X2 240e

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon II X2 240e can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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AMD Athlon II X2 240e

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 45 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 240e Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 26.45

Overall Rank: 3583

Last Price Change: $37.89 USD (2021-08-05)

Average CPU Mark

1002

Single Thread Rating: 1100²
Samples: 112*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,671
Thread: 959

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 240e

Integer Math	2,944 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,278 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,871 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	267.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	22,947 KBytes/Sec
Physics	105 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	466 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,100 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of April 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 240e

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of April 2024

Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of April 2024.

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Pricing History

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	Dell Inspiron AMD Athlon II X2 250 3GHz Desktop PC \| I570-8011BK	$668.00 (www.amazon.com)
	2.0GHz AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 512KB L2 939pin E6 ADA3200DAA4BW	$98.95 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 16th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,352
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,361
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,653
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,579
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,015
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,911
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,325
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,768
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,432
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,183
AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,002

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		212.82
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		153.63
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.09
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.17
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.13
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.73
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.43
AMD Athlon II X2 240e		26.45
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 16th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,637
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,173
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,037
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,929
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,839
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,704
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,932
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,661
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,568
AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,100

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 240e
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1847512 - Jun 26 2023		1312
BL5021699 - Sep 04 2022		1228
BL1536493 - Mar 21 2022		1154
BL1536465 - Mar 21 2022		948
BL1521153 - Feb 23 2022		1343

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 240e
As of 16th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,002
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,148 (+14.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,139 (+13.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,097 (+9.4%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,082 (+8.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		990 (-1.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		961 (-4.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		765 (-23.7%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,222 (+21.9%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,183 (+18.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		931 (-7.1%)
Intel Pentium E6700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,169 (+16.7%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e		1,158 (+15.5%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 240e Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,806
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,256
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,072
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,570
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,404
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,178
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,995
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,883
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,796
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX		7,573
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,532
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,527
AMD Athlon II X2 240e		250

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