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.
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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:
4294th fastest in multithreading out of 5074 CPUs
3941st fastest in single threading out of 5074 CPUs
1265th fastest in out of 1430 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

713

Single Thread Rating

716

^%
Samples: 43*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,049
Thread: 578

^%Single 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 21st of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 260u

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of April 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 21st of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,729
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,316
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,048
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,490
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,134
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,868
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,185
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,712
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,645
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD Athlon II X2 260u		713

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K		143.25
Intel Core i9-12900K		134.28
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.33
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
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 21st of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,141
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,922
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

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Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 260u
As of 21st of April 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		652 (-8.6%)
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		538 (-24.5%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		989 (+38.8%)
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		920 (+29.0%)
AMD Athlon 5200 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		869 (+22.0%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 260u Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,484
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,176
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,328
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,845
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,606
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,514
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,293
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,817
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,705
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,519
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,421
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,341
AMD Athlon II X2 260u		182

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