AMD Athlon II X2 260u vs Intel Xeon E-2378G Benchmark, comparison and differences


AMD Athlon II X2 260u		Intel Xeon E-2378G
CPU comparison In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD Athlon II X2 260u and the Intel Xeon E-2378G and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster. We compare the AMD Athlon II X2 260u 2 core processor released in Q3/2009 with the Intel Xeon E-2378G which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2021.

AMD Athlon II (52)	Family	Intel Xeon E (44)
AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus) (18)	CPU group	Intel Xeon E-2300 (10)
1	Generation	3
Propus	Architecture	Rocket Lake S
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	Intel Xeon E-2278G
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Athlon II X2 260u is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz. The processor can compute 2 threads at the same time. The Intel Xeon E-2378G clocks with 2.80 GHz (5.10 GHz), has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel.
AMD Athlon II X2 260u	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E-2378G
2	Cores	8
2	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.80 GHz	Frequency	2.80 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	5.10 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Athlon II X2 260u	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E-2378G
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics P750
	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.30 GHz
--	GPU Generation	12
	Technology	14 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	64
--	Shader	256
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
--	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics P750
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode
No	Codec AV1	Decode
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe Up to 16 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the AMD Athlon II X2 260u, while the Intel Xeon E-2378G supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s enabled.
AMD Athlon II X2 260u	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E-2378G
DDR3-1333	Memory	DDR4-3200
16 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	No
2.00 MB	L2 Cache	4.00 MB
--	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
2.0	PCIe version	4.0
--	PCIe lanes	20
--	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The AMD Athlon II X2 260u has a TDP of 25 W. The TDP of the Intel Xeon E-2378G is 80 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.
AMD Athlon II X2 260u	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E-2378G
25 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	80 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Athlon II X2 260u has 2.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 45 nm. The cache of Intel Xeon E-2378G is at 20.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.
AMD Athlon II X2 260u	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E-2378G
45 nm	Technology	14 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
AM3	Socket	LGA 1200
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2009	Release date	Q3/2021
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X2 260u (13%)

Intel Xeon E-2378G (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X2 260u (5%)

Intel Xeon E-2378G (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X2 260u 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	250 (13%)
	Intel Xeon E-2378G 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	1908 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X2 260u 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	476 (5%)
	Intel Xeon E-2378G 8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz	10298 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X2 260u 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	258 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E-2378G 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X2 260u 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	478 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E-2378G 8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Athlon II X2 260u 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E-2378G 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	2348 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Athlon II X2 260u 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E-2378G 8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz	10189 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X2 260u 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	103 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E-2378G 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X2 260u 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	191 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E-2378G 8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Athlon II X2 260u @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E-2378G Intel UHD Graphics P750 @ 1.30 GHz	666 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Athlon II X2 260u 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	715 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E-2378G 8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)


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AMD Athlon II X2 260u vs Intel Xeon E-2378G

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

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Hardware codec support

Memory & PCIe

Thermal Management

Technical details