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: 13.25

Overall Rank:
4024th fastest in multithreading out of 5489 CPUs
2946th fastest in single threading out of 5489 CPUs
1162nd fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

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

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 12th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 265

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of December 2025.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$99.95 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 13th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,551
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,354
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,952
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,147
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,546
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,108
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,684
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,324

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		282.22
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		163.67
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
Intel Core i5-12400F		130.77
Intel Core i9-14900K		130.40
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.29
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
AMD Athlon II X2 265		13.25
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 13th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,696
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,889
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
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 13th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,324
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,299 (-1.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 235e vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,079 (-18.5%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,066 (-19.5%)
AMD Athlon II X3 415e vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,481 (+11.8%)
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,456 (+10.0%)
AMD Phenom II X3 740 vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,424 (+7.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8600 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,378 (+4.0%)
Intel Celeron G550 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,275 (-3.8%)
Intel Pentium E5800 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,190 (-10.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7600 @ 3.06GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,150 (-13.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8200 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,144 (-13.6%)
Intel Pentium G630T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 265		1,032 (-22.1%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 265 Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,446
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,255
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,795
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,513
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,447
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,285
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,669
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,475
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,415
AMD Athlon II X2 265		293

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