AMD Athlon II X2 265

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 265 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 265

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.3 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 265 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 13.45

Overall Rank:
4300th fastest in multithreading out of 6006 CPUs
3179th fastest in single threading out of 6006 CPUs
1211th fastest in out of 1588 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $99.95 USD (2023-03-25)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1345

Single Thread Rating

1346

^%
Samples: 64*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,937
Thread: 1,137

^%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 265

Integer Math	3,978 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,887 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	7 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,610 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	356.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	28,474 KBytes/Sec
Physics	114 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	711 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,346 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of September 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 265

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of September 2026.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$99.95 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 16th of September 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,226
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,075
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,288
Apple M4 10 Core		23,598
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,824
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,544
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,034
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,651
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,649
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,124
AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,345

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of September 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		162.88
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		156.83
Intel Core i9-14900K		123.89
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.16
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		118.55
Intel Core i9-13900K		98.43
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.66
AMD Athlon II X2 265		13.45
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 16th of September 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,689
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,595
Apple M4 10 Core		4,498
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,882
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		3,761
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,673
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,908
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,558
AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,346

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 265
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3576780 - Jul 10 2026		1400
BL3575050 - Jul 09 2026		1367
BL3481610 - May 21 2026		1467
BL2879879 - Sep 02 2025		1458
BL2780960 - Jul 21 2025		1465

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 265
As of 16th of September 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,345
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,241 (-7.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,305 (-2.9%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,329 (-1.2%)
Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,328 (-1.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 235e vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,079 (-19.8%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,075 (-20.0%)
AMD Phenom II X3 B73 vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,671 (+24.3%)
AMD Athlon II X3 415e vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,481 (+10.1%)
AMD Phenom II X3 740 vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,424 (+5.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8600 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,379 (+2.6%)
Intel Celeron G550 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,275 (-5.2%)
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,265 (-5.9%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 265 Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of September 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,393
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,520
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,397
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,107
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,255
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,684
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,660
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,509
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,380
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,355
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,059
AMD Athlon II X2 265		289

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