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:
3984th fastest in multithreading out of 5479 CPUs
2732nd fastest in single threading out of 5479 CPUs
1152nd fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1355

Single Thread Rating

1462

^%
Samples: 58*
*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	4,410 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 7th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X2 280

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of December 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,547
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,362
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,954
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,147
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,539
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,110
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,685
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,654
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,355

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		276.33
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		161.27
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
Intel Core i9-14900K		133.37
Intel Core i5-12400F		112.53
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.11
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
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 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,696
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,890
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
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 7th of December 2025 - 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		1,511 (+11.6%)
AMD Athlon X2 340 Dual Core vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,333 (-1.6%)
AMD A6-7400K APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,676 (+23.7%)
Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,562 (+15.3%)
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		1,532 (+13.1%)
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,492 (+10.1%)
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,456 (+7.5%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,354 (-0.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,333 (-1.6%)
Intel Pentium E5800 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,190 (-12.2%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs AMD Athlon II X2 280		1,066 (-21.3%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X2 280 Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,441
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,254
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,798
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,508
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,454
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,445
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,647
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,482
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,416
AMD Athlon II X2 280		304

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