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AMD Athlon II X2 260u: specs and benchmarks
Price now
39$
Games supported
37%
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- Core clock speed
- Max video memory
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- Memory clock speed
- Maximum resolution
Year of release
2009
Performance
0.53
Summary
AMD started AMD Athlon II X2 260u sales on October 2009 at a recommended price of $83. This is a Regor architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1800 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM3 processor with a TDP of 25 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at
0.53%
of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 9654.
General info
Athlon II X2 260u processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance rating | 2637 | |
| Value for money | 4.06 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Regor (2009−2013) | |
| Release date | October 2009 (13 years old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $83 | of 305 (Core i7-870) |
| Current price | $39 (0.5x MSRP) | of 25332 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Value for money
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Boost clock speed | 1.8 GHz | of 7.3 (Ryzen 9 7900) |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | of 1536 (EPYC Embedded 3401) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | of 12 (Core 2 Quad Q9550) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 32768 (Ryzen Threadripper 1998) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | of 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
| Die size | 117 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 410 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II X2 260u compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | AM3 | |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 25 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 260u's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon II X2 260u. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
- Passmark
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 67%
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Relative perfomance
Overall Athlon II X2 260u performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.
Athlon II X2 260u Intel equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Athlon II X2 260u from Intel is Celeron E1400, which is faster by 2% and higher by 9 positions in our rating.
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Similar processors
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Best GPU for Athlon II X2 260u
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Athlon II X2 260u, according to our PC configuration statistics.
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These are the fastest graphics cards for Athlon II X2 260u in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 34 configurations based on Athlon II X2 260u in our database.
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