AMD Athlon II X2 260u

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon II X2 260u can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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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: 3901

Last Price Change: $83.44 USD (2015-04-15)

Average CPU Mark

713

Single Thread Rating: 716²
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 18th of April 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 260u

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of April 2024

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

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of April 2024.

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	Dell Inspiron AMD Athlon II X2 250 3GHz Desktop PC \| I570-8011BK	$668.00 (www.amazon.com)
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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 19th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,348
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,363
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,652
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,578
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,016
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,911
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,324
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,768
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,428
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,183
AMD Athlon II X2 260u		713

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 19th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		212.82
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		153.62
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.09
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.18
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.13
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.72
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.43
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 19th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,636
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,173
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,037
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,928
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,839
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,704
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,932
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,661
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,568
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 19th of April 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 Celeron E3300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		795 (+11.5%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		856 (+20.1%)
Intel Celeron E1400 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		735 (+3.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		622 (-12.8%)
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		971 (+36.2%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		689 (-3.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		1,133 (+58.9%)
AMD Athlon 7850 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		1,058 (+48.5%)
AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		978 (+37.2%)
AMD Athlon 5200 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		869 (+22.0%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 260u Good for Gaming?
As of 19th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,626
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,257
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,071
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,569
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,404
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,173
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,992
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,883
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,795
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX		7,573
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,533
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,532
AMD Athlon II X2 260u		182

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