AMD Athlon II X2 260 | AMD EPYC 9554 | |
CPU comparisonIn this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD Athlon II X2 260 and the AMD EPYC 9554 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.
We compare the AMD Athlon II X2 260 2 core processor released in Q2/2010 with the AMD EPYC 9554 which has 64 CPU cores and was introduced in Q4/2022. |
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AMD Athlon II (52) | Family | AMD EPYC (129) |
AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus) (18) | CPU group | AMD EPYC 9004 (21) |
1 | Generation | 4 |
Propus | Architecture | Genoa / Genoa-X (Zen 4) |
Desktop / Server | Segment | Desktop / Server |
-- | Predecessor | -- |
-- | Successor | AMD EPYC 9555 |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe AMD Athlon II X2 260 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz. The processor can compute 2 threads at the same time. The AMD EPYC 9554 clocks with 3.10 GHz (3.75 GHz), has 64 CPU cores and can calculate 128 threads in parallel. |
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AMD Athlon II X2 260 | Characteristic | AMD EPYC 9554 |
2 | Cores | 64 |
2 | Threads | 128 |
normal | Core architecture | normal |
No | Hyperthreading | Yes |
No | Overclocking ? | No |
3.20 GHz | Frequency | 3.10 GHz |
-- | Turbo Frequency (1 Core) | 3.75 GHz |
-- | Turbo Frequency (All Cores) | 3.75 GHz |
Memory & PCIeUp to 16 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the AMD Athlon II X2 260, while the AMD EPYC 9554 supports a maximum of 6144 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 460.8 GB/s enabled. |
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AMD Athlon II X2 260 | Characteristic | AMD EPYC 9554 |
DDR3-1333 | Memory | DDR5-4800 |
16 GB | Max. Memory | 6144 GB |
2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 12 |
21.3 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 460.8 GB/s |
No | ECC | Yes |
2.00 MB | L2 Cache | 64.00 MB |
-- | L3 Cache | 256.00 MB |
2.0 | PCIe version | 5.0 |
-- | PCIe lanes | 128 |
-- | PCIe Bandwidth | 504.1 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe AMD Athlon II X2 260 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP of the AMD EPYC 9554 is 360 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution. |
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AMD Athlon II X2 260 | Characteristic | AMD EPYC 9554 |
65 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 360 W |
-- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
-- | TDP up | 400 W |
-- | TDP down | 320 W |
-- | Tjunction max. | 100 °C |
Technical detailsThe AMD Athlon II X2 260 has 2.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 45 nm. The cache of AMD EPYC 9554 is at 320.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 5 nm. |
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AMD Athlon II X2 260 | Characteristic | AMD EPYC 9554 |
45 nm | Technology | 5 nm |
Unknown | Chip design | Chiplet |
x86-64 (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a | ISA extensions | SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI |
AM3 | Socket | SP5 |
AMD-V | Virtualization | AMD-V, SVM |
No | AES-NI | Yes |
Windows 10, Linux | Operating systems | Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11 |
Q2/2010 | Release date | Q4/2022 |
-- | Release price | 9087 $ |
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AMD Athlon II X2 260
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.75 GHz |
AMD Athlon II X2 260
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.75 GHz |
AMD Athlon II X2 260
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.75 GHz |
AMD Athlon II X2 260
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.75 GHz |
AMD Athlon II X2 260
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.75 GHz |
AMD Athlon II X2 260
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.10 GHz |
Devices using this processor |
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AMD Athlon II X2 260 | AMD EPYC 9554 |
Unknown | Unknown |