AMD Athlon II X2 270

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon II X2 270 can be found below. 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.
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AMD Athlon II X2 270

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.4 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache Size: L1: 256 KB, L2: 2.0 MB,

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 270 Processor, AMD Athlon(tm) X2 270 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 83.83

Overall Rank: 2787

Last Price Change: $15.00 USD (2022-10-23)

Average CPU Mark

1258

Single Thread Rating: 1352²
Samples: 483*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,889
Thread: 1,132

²Single 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 270

Integer Math	3,854 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,885 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	322.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	27.3 MBytes/Sec
Physics	107 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	622 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,352 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 27th of January 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 270

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 21st of January 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of January 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$38.04 USD	Buy Now!
	$15.00 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 27th of January 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,577
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,749
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,688
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,166
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,964
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,934
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,566
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,795
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		14,553
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,274
AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,258

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 27th of January 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		187.31
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		131.34
Intel Core i9-12900K		99.82
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		92.61
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.96
AMD Athlon II X2 270		83.83
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		39.33
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		27.71
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 27th of January 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,209
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,061
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,848
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,827
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,731
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,356
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,948
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		2,891
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,664
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,568
AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,352

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 270
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1722780 - Jan 17 2023		1421
BL1678976 - Nov 25 2022		1422
BL1678629 - Nov 24 2022		916
BL1657620 - Oct 27 2022		1265
BL1646141 - Oct 11 2022		1438

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 270
As of 27th of January 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,258
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,227 (-2.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 265 vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,265 (+0.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,162 (-7.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 260 vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,114 (-11.4%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,008 (-19.8%)
AMD A4-7300 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,520 (+20.8%)
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,128 (-10.3%)
Intel Celeron G530T @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,056 (-16.0%)
Intel Celeron G1610T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,373 (+9.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245e vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,131 (-10.1%)
AMD E2-3200 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		953 (-24.2%)
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,449 (+15.2%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 270 Good for Gaming?
As of 27th of January 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-13900T		8,921
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,679
Intel Core i9-13900F		8,178
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,794
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,553
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D		7,102
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X		6,690
Intel Core i7-13700K		6,669
Intel Core i5-13600K		6,631
Intel Core i5-13600KF		6,528
Intel Core i7-13700F		6,506
Intel Core i9-12900KS		6,450
AMD Athlon II X2 270		281

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