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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.

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: 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 Math3,450 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,711 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,312 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption330.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression26,522 KBytes/Sec
Physics109 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions609 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,267 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


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