AMD Athlon II X2 260

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 260 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 260

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.2 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 260 Processor, AMD Athlon(tm) X2 260 Processor, AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 260

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 94.30

Overall Rank:
3618th fastest in multithreading out of 4898 CPUs
2703rd fastest in single threading out of 4898 CPUs
1111th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $12.49 USD (2023-01-25)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1178

Single Thread Rating

1256

²
Samples: 430*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,820
Thread: 1,070

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 260

Integer Math	3,404 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,683 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,276 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	318.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	26,122 KBytes/Sec
Physics	108 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	575 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,256 MOps/Sec

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

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 260

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 28th of November 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of November 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

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 260		1,178

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
AMD Athlon II X2 260		94.30
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.86
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 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 260		1,256

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 260
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2193182 - Sep 12 2024		1402
BL5070701 - Aug 13 2024		1325
BL2068068 - Apr 02 2024		1467
BL2067282 - Apr 01 2024		1403
BL2060783 - Mar 25 2024		1672

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 260
As of 28th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,178
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,081 (-8.2%)
AMD Phenom II X2 555 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,296 (+10.0%)
Intel Pentium E6700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,182 (+0.4%)
AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,175 (-0.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,012 (-14.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		896 (-23.9%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,213 (+3.0%)
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,182 (+0.4%)
Intel Celeron E3500 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		935 (-20.6%)
AMD Phenom II X2 560 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,372 (+16.5%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,040 (-11.7%)
AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		900 (-23.5%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 260 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 260		272

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