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: 99.71

Overall Rank:
4059th fastest in multithreading out of 5450 CPUs
3059th fastest in single threading out of 5450 CPUs
1173rd fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1245

Single Thread Rating

1286

^%
Samples: 450*
*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	3,532 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,764 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,394 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	340.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	26,998 KBytes/Sec
Physics	110 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	624 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,286 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 260

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of November 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of November 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 16th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,566
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,404
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,959
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,148
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,847
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,521
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,115
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,686
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,245

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		268.38
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		170.82
Intel Core i5-12400F		153.23
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		144.83
Intel Core i9-14900K		127.60
Intel Core i9-13900K		103.37
AMD Athlon II X2 260		99.71
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.76
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 16th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,698
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,286

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 260
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2959953 - Oct 07 2025		1351
BL2889608 - Sep 06 2025		1375
BL2889597 - Sep 06 2025		1375
BL2888111 - Sep 05 2025		1403
BL5101078 - Aug 16 2025		1405

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 260
As of 16th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,245
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,092 (-12.3%)
AMD Phenom II X2 555 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,312 (+5.3%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,240 (-0.4%)
AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,207 (-3.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,029 (-17.3%)
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,171 (-6.0%)
AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		977 (-21.5%)
AMD Phenom II X2 560 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,381 (+10.9%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,064 (-14.6%)
Intel Celeron G1610T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,333 (+7.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		937 (-24.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		912 (-26.8%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 260 Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,411
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,134
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,252
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,506
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,495
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,623
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,495
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,480
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,413
AMD Athlon II X2 260		277

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