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: 106.38

Overall Rank:
4151st fastest in multithreading out of 5822 CPUs
3024th fastest in single threading out of 5822 CPUs
1188th fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $12.45 USD (2023-06-02)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1324

Single Thread Rating

1349

^%
Samples: 61*
*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	3,962 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,971 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	7 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,602 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	343.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	28,236 KBytes/Sec
Physics	116 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	689 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,349 MOps/Sec

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

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 265

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of March 2026

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of March 2026.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 17th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,410
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,252
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,935
Apple M4 10 Core		23,685
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,595
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,075
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,677
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,642
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,130
AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,324

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		161.17
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		144.67
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.55
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.85
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.88
AMD Athlon II X2 265		106.38
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.54
Intel Core i5-12400F		45.20
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 March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,693
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,599
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,885
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,913
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,349

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 265
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2879879 - Sep 02 2025		1458
BL2780960 - Jul 21 2025		1465
BL2453091 - Mar 02 2025		1454
BL2153403 - Jul 25 2024		1276
BL1656620 - Oct 25 2022		1426

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 265
As of 17th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,324
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,241 (-6.3%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,100 (-17.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 260 vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,255 (-5.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,027 (-22.5%)
AMD Phenom II X2 555 vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,312 (-0.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,210 (-8.7%)
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,184 (-10.6%)
AMD Phenom II X2 560 vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,381 (+4.3%)
Intel Celeron G1610T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,322 (-0.2%)
Intel Celeron E3500 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		935 (-29.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		904 (-31.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		748 (-43.5%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 265 Good for Gaming?
As of 17th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,426
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,122
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,266
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,611
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,523
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,388
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,373
Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus		10,291
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,163
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,792
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,443
AMD Athlon II X2 265		293

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