AMD Athlon II X2 270

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 270 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 270

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.4 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 270 Processor, AMD Athlon(tm) X2 270 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 34.60

Overall Rank:
3625th fastest in multithreading out of 5041 CPUs
2614th fastest in single threading out of 5041 CPUs
1097th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $38.04 USD (2022-09-28)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1316

Single Thread Rating

1363

^%
Samples: 497*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,889
Thread: 1,132

^%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 270

Integer Math	3,953 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,937 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,588 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	344.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	28,476 KBytes/Sec
Physics	109 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	674 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,363 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 270

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 28th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of March 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$38.04 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,755
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,335
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,047
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,492
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,126
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,868
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,717
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,316

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		224.27
Intel Core i9-12900K		130.81
Intel Core i9-13900K		115.21
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.33
AMD Athlon II X2 270		34.60
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 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,019
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 270		1,363

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 270
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2336617 - Jan 11 2025		1461
BL2336397 - Jan 11 2025		1464
BL2298253 - Dec 24 2024		1530
BL2283444 - Dec 17 2024		1390
BL2110692 - May 27 2024		1503

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 270
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,316
Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,475 (+12.0%)
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,437 (+9.2%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,351 (+2.6%)
Intel Pentium G640 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,367 (+3.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,169 (-11.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B28 vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,276 (-3.1%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,183 (-10.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,007 (-23.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		994 (-24.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		990 (-24.8%)
Intel Core i3-2120T @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,557 (+18.3%)
AMD A4-6300 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,422 (+8.0%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 270 Good for Gaming?
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,366
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,189
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,358
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,857
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,822
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,704
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,531
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,440
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,439
AMD Athlon II X2 270		284

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