AMD Athlon II X2 260u vs AMD Athlon II X3 405e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 260u and AMD Athlon II X3 405e 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 260u

  • Around 80% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 45 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 405e

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
  • Around 28% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 973 vs 716
  • Around 87% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1331 vs 713
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 3 vs 2
Maximum frequency 2.3 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 973 vs 716
PassMark - CPU mark 1331 vs 713

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 260u
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 405e

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
716
973
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
713
1331
Name AMD Athlon II X2 260u AMD Athlon II X3 405e
PassMark - Single thread mark 716 973
PassMark - CPU mark 713 1331
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1119
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1882

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X2 260u AMD Athlon II X3 405e

Essentials

Architecture codename Regor Rana
Launch date October 2009 October 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $83 $80
Place in performance rating 2326 2313
Price now $83.44 $79.99
Value for money (0-100) 3.90 7.46
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 117 mm 169 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 1.8 GHz 2.3 GHz
Number of cores 2 3
Transistor count 410 million 300 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 45 Watt