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: 34.19

Overall Rank:
3448th fastest in multithreading out of 4842 CPUs
2472nd fastest in single threading out of 4842 CPUs
1056th fastest in out of 1381 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $38.04 USD (2022-09-28)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1301

Single Thread Rating

1360

²
Samples: 493*
*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	3,933 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,923 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,585 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	338.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	28,423 KBytes/Sec
Physics	108 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	661 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,360 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of September 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 270

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of September 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of September 2024.
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!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	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 September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,126
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,484
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,126
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,608
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,868
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,272
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,750
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,538
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,167
AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,301

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		219.16
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		183.18
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		167.59
Intel Core i9-12900K		149.86
Intel Core i9-13900K		134.61
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.62
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		57.82
AMD Athlon II X2 270		34.19
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,624
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,163
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,030
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,909
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,806
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,693
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,929
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,360

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 270
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2110692 - May 27 2024		1503
BL2101365 - May 15 2024		1507
BL2027900 - Feb 18 2024		1496
BL2014678 - Feb 03 2024		1464
BL1962716 - Dec 05 2023		1513

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 270
As of 13th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,301
Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,435 (+10.3%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,336 (+2.7%)
Intel Pentium G640 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,358 (+4.4%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,160 (-10.8%)
Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,518 (+16.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B28 vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,269 (-2.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		990 (-23.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		987 (-24.1%)
AMD A4-6300 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,426 (+9.6%)
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,238 (-4.8%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,222 (-6.1%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,183 (-9.0%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 270 Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		9,401
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,269
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,204
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,035
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,498
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,394
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,089
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,963
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,831
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,780
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,533
AMD Athlon II X2 270		283

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