AMD

Athlon II X2 260

Athlon II X2 260
BENCHMARKS (15)
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Effective Speed -204%Effective Speed -204%Average Score -973%Memory -34%, 1-Core -637%, 2-Core -626%, 4-Core -1,292%, 8-Core -2,275%Overclocked Score -992%1-Core -620%, 2-Core -628%, 4-Core -1,344%, 8-Core -2,328%, Memory -40%Value & Sentiment -94%User Rating -94%Nice To Haves -2,533%64-Core -3,752%, 64-Core -3,664%, Age -184%

Average Bench: 35% (1194^th of 1442)

Based on 15 user benchmarks. Device: 178BFBFF00100F62 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 260

Poor: 32%Average: 35% Great: 37%

Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

Poor average bench

The AMD Athlon II X2 260 averaged 65.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 61.9Pts

Avg. Dual Core Speed 49.9Pts

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Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X2 260 is just 4.71%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD Athlon II X2 260 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 50.2Pts

Avg. Octa Core Speed 49.6Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 15 samples)

Rank 119435%

Min	Avg	Max
49.8	Memory 61.9	66.1
22.7	1-Core 25.1	27.1
38.1	2-Core 49.9	53
32% 45.6 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
46.5	4-Core 49.9	52.2
38.7	8-Core 49.6	52.7
6.7% 49.7 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
42.2	64-Core 50.2	52.4
3.1% 50.2 Pts

User Benchmarks

Bench

Normal

Heavy

Server

The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

ARG-User, 3 years ago.Athlon II X2 260,

Socket S1G2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg)

36.8% Below average

Memory 65.3

1-Core 26.5

2-Core 53

34% 48.3 Pts

4-Core 52

8-Core 51.5

7% 51.8 Pts

64-Core 51.7

3% 51.7 Pts

BRA-User, 3 years ago.Athlon II X2 260,

Socket S1G2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 1.8 GHz

36% Below average

Memory 63.7

1-Core 25.3

2-Core 52.5

33% 47.2 Pts

4-Core 51.6

8-Core 52.4

7% 52 Pts

64-Core 52.4

3% 52.4 Pts

USA-User, 3 years ago.Athlon II X2 260,

Socket S1G2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 1.8 GHz

35.7% Below average

Memory 63.2

1-Core 23.7

2-Core 49.1

32% 45.3 Pts

4-Core 50.9

8-Core 51.9

7% 51.4 Pts

64-Core 51.6

3% 51.6 Pts

ARG-User, 2 years ago.Athlon II X2 260,

Socket S1G2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg)

35.3% Below average

Memory 62.9

1-Core 26.1

2-Core 48.4

32% 45.8 Pts

4-Core 47.4

8-Core 48.8

6% 48.1 Pts

64-Core 46

3% 46 Pts

ARG-User, 2 years ago.Athlon II X2 260,

Socket S1G2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg)

32.1% Below average

Memory 55.9

1-Core 27.1

2-Core 51.6

31% 44.9 Pts

4-Core 51.1

8-Core 52

7% 51.5 Pts

64-Core 50

3% 50 Pts

COL-User, 3 years ago.Athlon II X2 260,

Socket S1G2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg)

28.7% Poor

Memory 49.8

1-Core 25.9

2-Core 48.2

28% 41.3 Pts

4-Core 48.4

8-Core 38.7

6% 43.6 Pts

64-Core 42.2

3% 42.2 Pts

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Athlon II X2 260