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: 17.62

Overall Rank:
3353rd fastest in multithreading out of 4770 CPUs
2248th fastest in single threading out of 4770 CPUs
1035th fastest in out of 1369 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1355

Single Thread Rating

1462

²
Samples: 58*
*Margin for error: Low

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

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 280

Integer Math	4,410 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,269 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4,071 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	328.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	31,396 KBytes/Sec
Physics	116 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	708 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,462 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of July 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 280

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 21st of July 2024

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From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of July 2024.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,235
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,481
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,150
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,619
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,050
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,894
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,284
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,754
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,535
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,172
AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,355

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		221.95
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.43
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		146.82
Intel Core i9-12900K		138.27
Intel Core i9-13900K		134.63
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.64
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		55.41
AMD Athlon II X2 280		17.62
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 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,629
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,166
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,032
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,919
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,695
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,930
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,462

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X2 280
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1778726 - Mar 26 2023		1674
BL1303026 - Oct 03 2020		1450
BL1299328 - Sep 24 2020		1470
BL1298748 - Sep 23 2020		1358
BL1278543 - Aug 08 2020		1248

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X2 280
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,355
AMD A6-6400K APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,499 (+10.6%)
AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,307 (-3.5%)
Intel Pentium G2030 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,750 (+29.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,200 (-11.4%)
AMD A6-7400K APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,628 (+20.2%)
Intel Celeron G1830 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,560 (+15.2%)
AMD A4-6320 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,530 (+12.9%)
Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,528 (+12.8%)
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,459 (+7.7%)
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,415 (+4.4%)
Intel Pentium E5800 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,171 (-13.6%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,081 (-20.2%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 280 Good for Gaming?
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,316
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,272
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,028
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,528
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,385
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,104
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,009
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,877
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,787
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,542
Intel Core i7-14700KF		7,533
AMD Athlon II X2 280		304

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