AMD Athlon II X2 270u: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started AMD Athlon II X2 270u sales 21 September 2010 at a recommended price of $68. 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 2000 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM3 processor with a TDP of 25 Watt. It supports DDR2, DDR3 memory.

General info

Athlon II X2 270u processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance rating	2590
Value for money	1.19
Market segment	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	21 September 2010 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$68	of 305 (Core i7-870)
Current price	$92 (1.4x MSRP)	of 16240 (Xeon Platinum 8276L)

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	2 GHz	of 6 (Core i9-13900KS)
L1 cache	128 KB	of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache	1 MB	of 36 (Apple M2 Max)
L3 cache	0 KB	of 786432 (EPYC 7773X)
Chip lithography	45 nm	of 4 (Ryzen 7 7840HS)
Die size	117 mm2
Number of transistors	410 million	of 9900000 (Ryzen 9 7945HX)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 270u 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 (Xeon Platinum 8160M)
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 270u's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2, DDR3

of 5600 (Ryzen 7 7840HS)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version

2.0

of 5 (EPYC 9654)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon II X2 270u. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Relative perfomance

Overall Athlon II X2 270u performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.

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