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:
3997th fastest in multithreading out of 4770 CPUs
3680th fastest in single threading out of 4770 CPUs
1201st fastest in out of 1369 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 26th of July 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 260u

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 22nd of July 2024

Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of July 2024.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 26th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,235
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,481
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,150
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,619
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,050
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,894
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,284
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,754
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,535
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,172
AMD Athlon II X2 260u		713

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 26th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		221.95
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.43
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		146.82
Intel Core i9-12900K		138.27
Intel Core i9-13900K		134.63
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.64
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		55.41
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 July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,629
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,166
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,032
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,919
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,695
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,930
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
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 July 2024 - 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 Pentium E2200 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		730 (+2.3%)
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%)
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 E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		970 (+36.1%)
AMD Athlon 5200 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		869 (+22.0%)
AMD Sempron 2650 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		551 (-22.7%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		722 (+1.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 265 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		1,267 (+77.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 260u Good for Gaming?
As of 26th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,316
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,272
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,028
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,528
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,385
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,104
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,009
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,877
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,787
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,542
Intel Core i7-14700KF		7,533
AMD Athlon II X2 260u		182

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