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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.

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 260 Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]

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: 94.75

Overall Rank:
3698th fastest in multithreading out of 4988 CPUs
2773rd fastest in single threading out of 4988 CPUs
1119th fastest in out of 1409 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1183
Single Thread Rating
1255
2
Samples: 433*
*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 Math3,423 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,690 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,264 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption320.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression26,055 KBytes/Sec
Physics108 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions580 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,255 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 260

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of February 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of February 2025.
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 15th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,824
Intel Core i9-12900K
41,385
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39,064
Intel Core i7-12700K
34,564
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,111
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,876
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,211
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,724
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,618
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,148
AMD Athlon II X2 260
1,183
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
219.59
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
203.40
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
147.41
Intel Core i9-12900K
145.73
Intel Core i9-13900K
117.65
AMD Athlon II X2 260
94.75
Intel Core i7-12700K
84.51
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
49.10
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 15th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,614
Intel Core i9-12900K
4,150
Intel Core i7-12700K
4,024
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,683
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,924
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2,565
AMD Athlon II X2 260
1,255
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 260
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2358581 - Jan 21 2025
1406
BL2357288 - Jan 21 2025
1139
BL2261164 - Dec 01 2024
1210
BL2193182 - Sep 12 2024
1402
BL5070701 - Aug 13 2024
1325
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 260
As of 15th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 260
1,183
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
1,079 (-8.8%)
AMD Phenom II X2 555 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
1,296 (+9.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
1,190 (+0.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
1,020 (-13.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
903 (-23.7%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
1,209 (+2.1%)
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
1,177 (-0.5%)
AMD Phenom II X2 560 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
1,381 (+16.7%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
1,041 (-12.0%)
AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
900 (-23.9%)
Intel Celeron G1610T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
1,327 (+12.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
942 (-20.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 260 Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,188
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,867
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,608
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,597
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,304
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,843
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,535
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,528
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,354
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,127
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
9,106
Intel Core i9-14900KS
9,019
AMD Athlon II X2 260
271