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AMD logo Athlon II X2 255
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AMD logo Phenom X3 8550

AMD Athlon II X2 255 logo AMD Phenom X3 8550 logo
General information Athlon II X2 255 Phenom X3 8550
Launched Q1 2010 Q2 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Socket AM3 AM2
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 2.2 GHz 29 %
Cores 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Threads 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 W 0 %
Performance Athlon II X2 255 Phenom X3 8550
Overall Score 29492 0 % 28901 2 %
Future Proof 17 % 0 % 13 % 23.5 %
Benchmark Score 757 0 % 698 7.8 %
Single Thread Score 1225.4 0 % 827.5 32.5 %
Encrypting Data 1720.4 MB/s 0 % 1581.8 MB/s 8.1 %
Compressing Data 25.5 MB/s 0 % 21.6 MB/s 15.3 %
String objects sorting 3303.2 thousand/s 0 % 3225.8 thousand/s 2.3 %
Prime numbers generation 6.1 millions/s 0 % 4 millions/s 33.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 3472.8 millions/s 0 % 2801.6 millions/s 19.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 2488 millions/s 0 % 2422.5 millions/s 2.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Athlon II X2 255, Phenom X3 8550.

Average frames per second Athlon II X2 255 Phenom X3 8550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 42.5 FPS 40.9 FPS
High settings 68.0 FPS 65.5 FPS
Medium settings 85.0 FPS 81.9 FPS
Low settings 106.2 FPS 102.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.7 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Athlon II X2 255 Phenom X3 8550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 102.4 FPS 101.4 FPS
High settings 163.9 FPS 162.2 FPS
Medium settings 204.8 FPS 202.8 FPS
Low settings 256.1 FPS 253.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 1 %
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