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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.

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 270 Good for Gaming?

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

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:
3611th fastest in multithreading out of 5027 CPUs
2603rd fastest in single threading out of 5027 CPUs
1093rd fastest in out of 1418 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1316
Single Thread Rating
1363
2
Samples: 497*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,889
Thread: 1,132
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 270

Integer Math3,953 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,937 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,588 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption344.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression28,476 KBytes/Sec
Physics109 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions674 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,363 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 270

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 21st of March 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of March 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$38.04 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 21st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,775
Intel Core i9-12900K
41,331
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39,052
Intel Core i7-12700K
34,504
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,125
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,873
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,201
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,719
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,630
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,146
AMD Athlon II X2 270
1,316
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
222.43
Intel Core i9-12900K
138.23
Intel Core i9-13900K
87.86
Intel Core i7-12700K
84.36
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 21st of March 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
3,901
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 21st of March 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 (+9.1%)
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
1,364 (+3.6%)
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 21st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,193
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,347
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,857
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,580
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,577
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,296
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,827
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,701
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
9,538
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,503
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
9,500
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,438
AMD Athlon II X2 270
284