AMD Athlon II X2 260 vs AMD Phenom II X4 920

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 260 and AMD Phenom II X4 920 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 260

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
  • Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1256 vs 1130
Specifications (specs)
Launch date May 2010 vs January 2009
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 125 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1256 vs 1130

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 920

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 83% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2156 vs 1178
  • 4.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1674 vs 369
  • 7.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 4682 vs 651
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 2156 vs 1178
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1674 vs 369
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4682 vs 651

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 260
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 920

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1256
1130
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1178
2156
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
369
1674
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
651
4682
Name AMD Athlon II X2 260 AMD Phenom II X4 920
PassMark - Single thread mark 1256 1130
PassMark - CPU mark 1178 2156
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 369 1674
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 651 4682
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7.624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.506

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X2 260 AMD Phenom II X4 920

Essentials

Architecture codename Regor Deneb
Launch date May 2010 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $48 $90
Place in performance rating 2521 2524
Price now $19.99 $66.99
Value for money (0-100) 27.59 14.95
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 117 mm 258 mm
L1 cache 128 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 2.8 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Transistor count 410 million 758 million
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 125 Watt