AMD Athlon II X2 B28

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 B28 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 B28

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.4 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 B28 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 32.53

Overall Rank:
3528th fastest in multithreading out of 4898 CPUs
2527th fastest in single threading out of 4898 CPUs
1084th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $39.02 USD (2022-08-14)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1269

Single Thread Rating

1350

²
Samples: 59*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,032
Thread: 1,145

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 B28

Integer Math	3,826 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,824 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,496 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	340.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	27,580 KBytes/Sec
Physics	109 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	633 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,350 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 27th of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 B28

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 25th of November 2024

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

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of November 2024.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$39.02 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 28th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,996
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,470
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,112
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,596
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,083
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,887
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,258
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,746
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,570
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,153
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,269

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 28th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		223.17
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		208.45
Intel Core i9-13900K		155.22
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		151.02
Intel Core i9-12900K		148.11
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.86
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		32.53
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 28th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,160
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,928
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,350

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 B28
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2057335 - Mar 21 2024		1194
BL1758414 - Mar 02 2023		1534
BL1652868 - Oct 20 2022		1100
BL1646411 - Oct 11 2022		1446
BL1643768 - Oct 07 2022		1292

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 B28
As of 28th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,269
Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,519 (+19.7%)
Intel Pentium G640 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,349 (+6.3%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B59 vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,396 (+9.9%)
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,428 (+12.5%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,336 (+5.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,301 (+2.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,163 (-8.4%)
Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,443 (+13.7%)
Intel Pentium G2020T @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,430 (+12.6%)
AMD A4-6300 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,426 (+12.3%)
Intel Pentium G2120 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,892 (+49.0%)
Intel Pentium G2030 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 B28		1,749 (+37.8%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 B28 Good for Gaming?
As of 28th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,264
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		11,223
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,891
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,711
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,329
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		10,235
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,872
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,556
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,470
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,245
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,939
AMD Athlon II X2 B28		283

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