AMD Athlon II X2 260

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon II X2 260 can be found below. 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 Size: L1: 256 KB, L2: 2.0 MB,

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: 89.48

Overall Rank: 3126

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

Average CPU Mark

1118

Single Thread Rating: 1234²
Samples: 422*
*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	3,275 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,616 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,193 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	298.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	25,339 KBytes/Sec
Physics	104 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	537 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,234 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 1st of June 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 260

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 27th of May 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 27th of May 2023.
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 1st of June 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,608
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,811
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,665
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,097
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,959
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,885
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,505
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,795
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		14,540
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,143
AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,118

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 1st of June 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		195.04
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.65
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		133.33
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.87
AMD Athlon II X2 260		89.48
Intel Core i7-12700K		85.11
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		61.69
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		46.85
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 1st of June 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,203
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,056
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,845
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,820
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,718
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,359
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,945
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		2,889
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,664
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,569
AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,234

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 260
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1807314 - Apr 30 2023		1298
BL1805436 - Apr 28 2023		1316
BL1805419 - Apr 28 2023		819
BL1714278 - Jan 07 2023		1376
BL1580802 - Jun 14 2022		1679

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 260
As of 1st of June 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,118
AMD Phenom II X2 555 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,307 (+17.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,185 (+6.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 265 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,265 (+13.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,005 (-10.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		882 (-21.1%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,216 (+8.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,257 (+12.4%)
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,164 (+4.1%)
Intel Celeron E3500 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		935 (-16.3%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,068 (-4.5%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,008 (-9.8%)
AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		900 (-19.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 260 Good for Gaming?
As of 1st of June 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,225
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,102
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,457
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,439
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,808
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,602
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D		7,193
Intel Core i9-13900T		6,888
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X		6,797
Intel Core i7-13700K		6,793
Intel Core i5-13600K		6,773
Intel Core i5-13600KF		6,735
AMD Athlon II X2 260		264

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