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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.

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 280 Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]

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:
3464th fastest in multithreading out of 4901 CPUs
2338th fastest in single threading out of 4901 CPUs
1065th fastest in out of 1399 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 Math4,410 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math3,269 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting4,071 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption328.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression31,396 KBytes/Sec
Physics116 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions708 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,462 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 280

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of December 2024


Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of December 2024.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 11th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,998
Intel Core i9-12900K
41,470
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39,109
Intel Core i7-12700K
34,596
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,085
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,257
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,746
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,569
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,152
AMD Athlon II X2 280
1,355
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 11th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
208.45
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
197.20
Intel Core i9-12900K
148.20
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
145.39
Intel Core i9-13900K
132.58
Intel Core i7-12700K
84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
49.48
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 11th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K
4,160
Intel Core i7-12700K
4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,928
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 11th of December 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
1,504 (+11.0%)
AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 280
1,307 (-3.5%)
AMD A6-7400K APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 280
1,631 (+20.4%)
Intel Celeron G1830 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280
1,560 (+15.2%)
Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280
1,546 (+14.1%)
AMD A4-6320 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 280
1,530 (+12.9%)
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280
1,448 (+6.9%)
Intel Pentium E5800 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280
1,172 (-13.5%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 280
1,086 (-19.8%)
Intel Pentium G3420 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280
1,949 (+43.9%)
Intel Celeron G1620 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280
1,560 (+15.1%)
Intel Celeron G555 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280
1,388 (+2.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 280 Good for Gaming?
As of 11th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,266
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
11,058
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,890
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,681
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,329
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,872
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,751
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
9,664
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,510
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS
9,237
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
8,929
AMD Athlon II X2 280
304