AMD Athlon II X2 280

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X2 280 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 280

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.6 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 280 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2013

CPUmark/$Price: 17.99

Overall Rank:
4091st fastest in multithreading out of 5810 CPUs
2800th fastest in single threading out of 5810 CPUs
1173rd fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $76.89 USD (2020-04-14)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1384

Single Thread Rating

1468

^%
Samples: 59*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,008
Thread: 1,163

^%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 280

Integer Math	4,400 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,285 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4,061 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	344.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	31,662 KBytes/Sec
Physics	115 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	732 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,468 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 280

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of March 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 6th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,427
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,262
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,936
Apple M4 10 Core		23,678
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,593
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,076
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,677
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,131
AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,384

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 6th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		227.54
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		172.01
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.58
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.86
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.89
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.54
Intel Core i5-12400F		46.29
AMD Athlon II X2 280		17.99
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 6th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,693
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,490
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,913
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,468

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 280
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3117485 - Dec 08 2025		1585
BL1778726 - Mar 26 2023		1674
BL1303026 - Oct 03 2020		1450
BL1299328 - Sep 24 2020		1470
BL1298748 - Sep 23 2020		1358

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 280
As of 6th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,384
AMD A6-6400K APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,515 (+9.5%)
AMD A6-5400K APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,285 (-7.1%)
AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,334 (-3.6%)
Intel Pentium G2020 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,704 (+23.1%)
Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,467 (+6.0%)
Intel Celeron G1630 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,707 (+23.4%)
AMD A6-7400K APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,676 (+21.1%)
Intel Celeron G1830 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,560 (+12.8%)
AMD A4-6320 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,532 (+10.7%)
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,488 (+7.6%)
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,463 (+5.7%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,355 (-2.1%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 280 Good for Gaming?
As of 6th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,426
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,263
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,524
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,387
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,373
Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus		10,291
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,188
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,793
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,448
AMD Athlon II X2 280		303

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