AMD Athlon II X2 260

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 260 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 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: 97.19

Overall Rank:
3923rd fastest in multithreading out of 5270 CPUs
2968th fastest in single threading out of 5270 CPUs
1158th fastest in out of 1451 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1214

Single Thread Rating

1267

^%
Samples: 440*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,820
Thread: 1,070

^%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 260

Integer Math	3,450 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,711 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,312 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	330.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	26,522 KBytes/Sec
Physics	109 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	609 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,267 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of July 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 260

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 15th of July 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of July 2025.
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 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,627
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,010
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,430
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,146
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,859
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,493
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,155
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,702
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,653
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,149
AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,214

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		228.15
Intel Core i5-12400F		168.99
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		162.55
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.62
Intel Core i9-13900K		135.08
AMD Athlon II X2 260		97.19
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.18
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		45.50
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 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,014
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,898
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,478
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,920
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,267

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 260
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2718021 - Jun 24 2025		1563
BL2685131 - Jun 10 2025		1553
BL2573483 - Apr 22 2025		1457
BL2521901 - Mar 31 2025		1438
BL2485881 - Mar 16 2025		1253

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 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,214
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,092 (-10.0%)
AMD Phenom II X2 555 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,308 (+7.8%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,225 (+0.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,209 (-0.4%)
AMD Athlon II X2 265 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,290 (+6.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,023 (-15.8%)
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,163 (-4.2%)
AMD Phenom II X2 560 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,381 (+13.8%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,052 (-13.3%)
Intel Celeron G1610T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,327 (+9.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		934 (-23.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		909 (-25.1%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 260 Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,430
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,145
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,281
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,835
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,568
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,475
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,276
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,880
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,799
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,624
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,530
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,464
AMD Athlon II X2 260		275

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