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: 34.82

Overall Rank:
3727th fastest in multithreading out of 5157 CPUs
2719th fastest in single threading out of 5157 CPUs
1124th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1325

Single Thread Rating

1357

^%
Samples: 501*
*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	3,977 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,958 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,601 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	348.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	28,528 KBytes/Sec
Physics	110 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	676 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,357 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 270

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of June 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of June 2025.
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 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,650
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,296
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,014
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,143
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,487
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,164
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,704
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,654
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,325

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		227.00
Intel Core i5-12400F		196.84
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		162.56
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		152.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		146.63
Intel Core i9-12900K		142.65
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.23
AMD Athlon II X2 270		34.82
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 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,138
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,477
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,357

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 270
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2671076 - Jun 03 2025		1522
BL2638171 - May 20 2025		1129
BL2638116 - May 20 2025		1472
BL2600213 - May 04 2025		1515
BL2336617 - Jan 11 2025		1461

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 270
As of 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,325
Intel Pentium G850 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,479 (+11.6%)
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,443 (+8.9%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,352 (+2.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,167 (-11.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B28 vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,284 (-3.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,007 (-24.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,002 (-24.3%)
Intel Core i3-2120T @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,565 (+18.1%)
AMD A4-6300 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,424 (+7.5%)
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,238 (-6.5%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,226 (-7.4%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs AMD Athlon II X2 270		1,222 (-7.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 270 Good for Gaming?
As of 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,451
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,150
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,298
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,842
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,587
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,483
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,276
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,809
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,804
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,640
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,528
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,517
AMD Athlon II X2 270		285

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