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.
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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 Size: L1: 256 KB, L2: 2.0 MB,

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: 89.22

Overall Rank: 2971

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

Average CPU Mark

1114

Single Thread Rating: 1235²
Samples: 419*
*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	3,273 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,605 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	293.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	24.8 MBytes/Sec
Physics	104 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	546 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,235 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of March 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 260

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 24th of March 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of March 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
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	$12.49 USD	Buy Now!
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Pricing History

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	HP Chromebase 21.5" All-in-One Desktop, Intel Pentium Gold 6405U Processor, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD, Rotating Full HD IPS Touchscreen, Chrome OS, Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse Combo (22-aa0022, 2021)	$487.29 (www.amazon.com)
	HP 22" All-in-One Desktop, AMD Athlon Silver 3050U Processor, AMD Radeon Graphics, 4 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, Windows 11 Home (22-dd0210, Snow white)	$454.46 (www.amazon.com)
	HP 24-inch All-in-One Desktop Computer, AMD Athlon Silver 3050U Processor, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, Windows 10 Home (24-dd0010, White)	$689.99 (www.amazon.com)
	Empowered PC Continuum Micro Gaming Desktop (AMD Ryzen 3 5300G with AMD Radeon Graphics, 16GB RAM, 256GB NVMe SSD, 500W PSU, AC WiFi, Windows 11 Home) Gamer Computer	$499.99 (www.amazon.com)
	[Gaming PC] Mini PC i9 9880H, Up to 4.8GHZ,Nvidia GTX1650 Graphics, Mini Desktop Computer,32G Ram 1TB Nvme SSD WiFi 6, HDMI/DP/Type-C, Windows 11 Pro,Auto Power On	$1199.99 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 28th of March 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,593
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,797
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,679
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,134
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,945
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,926
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,533
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,797
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		14,549
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,200
AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,114

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 28th of March 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		189.33
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		143.45
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.67
Intel Core i9-12900K		116.84
AMD Athlon II X2 260		89.22
Intel Core i7-12700K		85.08
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		51.05
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		45.76
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 28th of March 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,206
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,059
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,847
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,823
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,724
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,358
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,946
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		2,889
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,664
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,569
AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,235

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 260
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1714278 - Jan 07 2023		1376
BL1580802 - Jun 14 2022		1679
BL1563335 - May 09 2022		887
BL1551612 - Apr 17 2022		1354
BL1513881 - Feb 11 2022		1157

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 260
As of 28th of March 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,114
AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,187 (+6.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 265 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,265 (+13.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,002 (-10.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		875 (-21.5%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,226 (+10.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,257 (+12.8%)
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,160 (+4.1%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,059 (-5.0%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,008 (-9.5%)
AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		900 (-19.2%)
Intel Celeron G1610T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,373 (+23.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		734 (-34.2%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 260 Good for Gaming?
As of 28th of March 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,297
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,447
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,447
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,795
Intel Core i9-13900T		7,708
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,586
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D		7,143
Intel Core i9-13900F		7,050
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X		6,758
Intel Core i7-13700K		6,727
Intel Core i5-13600K		6,692
Intel Core i7-13700KF		6,631
AMD Athlon II X2 260		264

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