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: 99.94

Overall Rank:
4194th fastest in multithreading out of 5788 CPUs
3143rd fastest in single threading out of 5788 CPUs
1208th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1248

Single Thread Rating

1287

^%
Samples: 451*
*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	3,539 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,768 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,398 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	340.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	27,039 KBytes/Sec
Physics	110 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	626 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,287 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 260

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of February 2026.
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 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,452
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,291
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,940
Apple M4 10 Core		23,702
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,582
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,678
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,248

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.24
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.39
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.95
AMD Athlon II X2 260		99.94
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.60
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,287

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 260
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3071600 - Nov 21 2025		1412
BL2959953 - Oct 07 2025		1351
BL2889608 - Sep 06 2025		1375
BL2889597 - Sep 06 2025		1375
BL2888111 - Sep 05 2025		1403

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 260
As of 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,248
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,095 (-12.2%)
AMD Phenom II X2 555 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,312 (+5.1%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,239 (-0.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,210 (-3.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 265 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,324 (+6.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,027 (-17.7%)
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,182 (-5.3%)
AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		977 (-21.7%)
AMD Phenom II X2 560 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,381 (+10.7%)
Intel Celeron G1610T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		1,312 (+5.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		938 (-24.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260		904 (-27.5%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 260 Good for Gaming?
As of 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,430
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,517
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,381
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,196
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,775
AMD Athlon II X2 260		277

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