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 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 260 Processor, AMD Athlon(tm) X2 260 Processor, AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 260

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 93.42

Overall Rank:
3501st fastest in multithreading out of 4757 CPUs
2610th fastest in single threading out of 4757 CPUs
1082nd fastest in out of 1368 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1167

Single Thread Rating

1252

²
Samples: 428*
*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	3,370 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,669 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,283 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	314.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	25,900 KBytes/Sec
Physics	108 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	570 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,252 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of July 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 260

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 9th of July 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of July 2024.
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 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,260
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,472
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,156
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,622
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,043
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,898
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,287
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,755
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,537
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,177
AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,167

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		236.83
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.46
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		167.33
Intel Core i9-12900K		150.53
Intel Core i9-13900K		134.68
AMD Athlon II X2 260		93.42
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.65
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		55.42
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 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,630
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,166
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,033
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,921
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,697
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 260		1,252

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 260
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2068068 - Apr 02 2024		1467
BL2067282 - Apr 01 2024		1403
BL2060783 - Mar 25 2024		1672
BL5059107 - Mar 21 2024		1435
BL1905656 - Sep 17 2023		1340

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 260
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,167
AMD Phenom II X2 555 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,291 (+10.7%)
Intel Pentium E6700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,182 (+1.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,170 (+0.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 265 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,265 (+8.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,013 (-13.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		895 (-23.3%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,216 (+4.2%)
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,172 (+0.5%)
Intel Celeron E3500 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		935 (-19.8%)
AMD Phenom II X2 560 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,375 (+17.9%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,086 (-6.9%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,033 (-11.5%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 260 Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,335
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,273
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,030
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,525
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,388
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,112
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,009
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,884
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,790
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,536
Intel Core i7-14700KF		7,536
AMD Athlon II X2 260		271

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