AMD Athlon II X2 270

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 270 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 270

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.4 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 270 Processor, AMD Athlon(tm) X2 270 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 22.30

Overall Rank:
4100th fastest in multithreading out of 5776 CPUs
3010th fastest in single threading out of 5776 CPUs
1181st fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $59.95 USD (2025-08-23)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1337

Single Thread Rating

1341

^%
Samples: 509*
*Margin for error: Low

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

^%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 270

Integer Math	3,970 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,933 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,625 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	354.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	28,619 KBytes/Sec
Physics	109 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	691 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,341 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 270

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,465
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,304
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,943
Apple M4 10 Core		23,703
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,578
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,091
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,680
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,337

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		170.64
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.59
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		126.76
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.66
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.37
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.97
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.63
AMD Athlon II X2 270		22.30
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,695
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,341

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 270
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5110311 - Dec 28 2025		1417
BL3135043 - Dec 15 2025		1446
BL3090574 - Nov 28 2025		1361
BL2971344 - Oct 12 2025		1472
BL2903891 - Sep 12 2025		1363

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 270
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,337
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,494 (+11.8%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,356 (+1.4%)
Intel Celeron G555 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,427 (+6.7%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B59 vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,407 (+5.3%)
AMD A6-3500 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,439 (+7.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,051 (-21.4%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,011 (-24.4%)
Intel Celeron G1620 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,598 (+19.6%)
Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,550 (+16.0%)
Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,460 (+9.2%)
AMD A6-5400K APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,282 (-4.1%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,139 (-14.8%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 270 Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,422
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,515
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,391
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,259
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,206
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,769
AMD Athlon II X2 270		283

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