AMD Athlon II X2 260u

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 260u 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 260u

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 1.8 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 25 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 260u Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 8.54

Overall Rank:
4365th fastest in multithreading out of 5149 CPUs
4009th fastest in single threading out of 5149 CPUs
1285th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $83.44 USD (2015-04-15)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

713

Single Thread Rating

716

^%
Samples: 43*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,049
Thread: 578

^%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 260u

Integer Math	2,214 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,614 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,063 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	192.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	16,357 KBytes/Sec
Physics	82 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	383 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	716 MOps/Sec

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

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 260u

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of June 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 15th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,662
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,302
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,018
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,483
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,166
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,705
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,649
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Athlon II X2 260u		713

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		227.01
Intel Core i5-12400F		186.44
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.81
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		152.50
Intel Core i9-12900K		136.19
Intel Core i9-13900K		128.37
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.23
AMD Athlon II X2 260u		8.54
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 June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,139
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,477
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Athlon II X2 260u		716

Last 2 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 260u
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1767496 - Mar 12 2023		813
BL1245349 - May 28 2020		718

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 260u
As of 15th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 260u		713
AMD Athlon II X2 270u vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		675 (-5.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		652 (-8.6%)
AMD Athlon 5000 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		872 (+22.4%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		856 (+20.1%)
Intel Celeron E1400 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		735 (+3.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		618 (-13.3%)
AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core BE-2350 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		591 (-17.0%)
AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core BE-2300 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		570 (-20.0%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		995 (+39.6%)
Intel Celeron E3500 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		935 (+31.2%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		927 (+30.1%)
AMD Sempron 2650 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u		551 (-22.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 260u Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,499
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,153
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,305
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,842
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,587
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,486
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,277
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,806
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,768
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,656
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,518
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,493
AMD Athlon II X2 260u		182

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