AMD Athlon II X2 260u vs AMD Phenom II X3 700e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 260u and AMD Phenom II X3 700e 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

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt
Launch date October 2009 vs June 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 700e

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
  • Around 33% higher clock speed: 2.4 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 34% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 961 vs 716
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1451 vs 713
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 3 vs 2
Maximum frequency 2.4 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 961 vs 716
PassMark - CPU mark 1451 vs 713

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 260u
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 700e

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
716
961
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
713
1451
Name AMD Athlon II X2 260u AMD Phenom II X3 700e
PassMark - Single thread mark 716 961
PassMark - CPU mark 713 1451
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1119
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1882

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X2 260u AMD Phenom II X3 700e

Essentials

Architecture codename Regor Heka
Launch date October 2009 June 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $83
Place in performance rating 2326 2327
Price now $83.44
Value for money (0-100) 3.90
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 1.8 GHz 2.4 GHz
Number of cores 2 3
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) 25 Watt 65 Watt