AMD Athlon II X2 260u

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 260u 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 260u

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 1.8 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 25 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 260u Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 8.54

Overall Rank:
4228th fastest in multithreading out of 5003 CPUs
3878th fastest in single threading out of 5003 CPUs
1248th fastest in out of 1414 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $83.44 USD (2015-04-15)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

713

Single Thread Rating

716

²
Samples: 43*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,049
Thread: 578

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 260u

Integer Math	2,214 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,614 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,063 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	192.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	16,357 KBytes/Sec
Physics	82 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	383 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	716 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 260u

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 21st of February 2025

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From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of February 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,851
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,375
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,063
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,549
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,115
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,877
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,205
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,722
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,622
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD Athlon II X2 260u		713

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		218.79
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		196.93
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		149.67
Intel Core i9-12900K		139.78
Intel Core i9-13900K		120.11
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.47
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.34
AMD Athlon II X2 260u		8.54
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 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,615
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,149
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,023
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,682
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD Athlon II X2 260u		716

Last 2 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 260u
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1767496 - Mar 12 2023		813
BL1245349 - May 28 2020		718

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 260u
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 260u		713
AMD Athlon II X2 270u vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		675 (-5.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		638 (-10.5%)
AMD Athlon 5000 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		872 (+22.4%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		856 (+20.1%)
Intel Celeron E1400 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		735 (+3.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		633 (-11.2%)
AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core BE-2350 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		591 (-17.0%)
AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core BE-2300 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		570 (-20.0%)
Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		539 (-24.3%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		983 (+37.8%)
Intel Celeron E3500 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		935 (+31.2%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		913 (+28.1%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 260u Good for Gaming?
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,869
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,595
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,573
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,301
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,840
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,565
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,540
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,366
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,183
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,127
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,021
AMD Athlon II X2 260u		182

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