Athlon II X2 220: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregated performance score

Athlon II X2 220
2010
2 cores / 2 threads
0.67

It provides poor benchmark performance at 0.67% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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Summary

AMD started Athlon II X2 220 sales 21 September 2010 at a recommended price of $32. This is a Regor architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2.8 and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM3 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

General info

Athlon II X2 220 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking2597
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Value for money5.30
Market segmentDesktop processor
Architecture codenameRegor (2009−2013)
Release date21 September 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$32of 305 (Core i7-870)
Current price$30 (0.9x MSRP)of 17802 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads2
Base clock speed2.8 GHzof 4.7 (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed2.8 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache128 KBof 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache512 KBof 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache0 KBof 786432 (EPYC 7773X)
Chip lithography45 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size117 mm2
Number of transistors410 millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplierNo

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 220 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8160M)
SocketAM3
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 220's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version2.0of 5 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon II X2 220. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon II X2 220 0.67

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon II X2 220 1030

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

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GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Athlon II X2 220 481

Gaming performance

Relative performance

Overall Athlon II X2 220 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.


Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Athlon II X2 220 is Pentium E5500, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 3 positions in our ranking.

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Here are some closest Intel rivals to Athlon II X2 220:

Celeron G530T 101.49
Athlon II X2 220 100

Similar processors

Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

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Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Athlon II X2 220, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Athlon II X2 220 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 2147 configurations based on Athlon II X2 220 in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
0.3% (7/2147)
RTX 3090 Ti GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
0.1% (3/2147)
RTX 3080 Ti GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
0.09% (2/2147)
RX 6900 XT Radeon RX 6900 XT
0.09% (2/2147)
RTX 3090 GeForce RTX 3090
0.05% (1/2147)
RTX 3080 GeForce RTX 3080
0.05% (1/2147)
RTX 3070 GeForce RTX 3070
0.05% (1/2147)
RX 7700 XT Radeon RX 7700 XT
0.09% (2/2147)
RTX 3060 Ti GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
0.05% (1/2147)
RTX 4060 GeForce RTX 4060
0.09% (2/2147)

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