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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.

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 260 Good for Gaming?

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


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: 3444

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

Average CPU Mark
rating
1167

Single Thread Rating: 12522
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 Math3,370 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,669 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,283 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption314.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression25,900 KBytes/Sec
Physics108 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions570 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,252 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of May 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 260

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 7th of May 2024
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of May 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 11th of May 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 59,325
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,372
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,188
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,633
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,025
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,909
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,317
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,766
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,461
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,185
AMD Athlon II X2 260
 1,167
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 11th of May 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 219.38
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 184.11
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 149.58
Intel Core i9-13900K
 126.05
Intel Core i9-12900K
 125.37
AMD Athlon II X2 260
 93.42
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.68
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 50.88
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 11th of May 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,633
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,172
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,035
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,929
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,838
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,703
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,471
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,932
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,568
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 11th of May 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
 1,301 (+11.5%)
Intel Pentium E6700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
 1,177 (+0.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
 1,170 (+0.3%)
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
 885 (-24.2%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
 1,217 (+4.3%)
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%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
 1,084 (-7.1%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
 1,033 (-11.5%)
AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
 900 (-22.8%)
Intel Celeron G1610T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260
 1,358 (+16.3%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 260 Good for Gaming?
As of 11th of May 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS
 9,775
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 9,265
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 9,070
Intel Core i9-13900KS
 8,558
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 8,403
Intel Core i9-14900K
 8,153
Intel Core i9-14900KF
 7,996
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
 7,883
Intel Core i9-13900K
 7,793
Intel Core i7-14700K
 7,556
Intel Core i7-13790F
 7,532
Intel Core i7-14700KF
 7,518
AMD Athlon II X2 260
 271