AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs Intel Core i7-1280P

Last updated: 2023-09-05

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon II X2 270		Intel Core i7-1280P
CPU comparison AMD Athlon II X2 270 or Intel Core i7-1280P - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Athlon II X2 270 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X2 270 was released in Q3/2011. The Intel Core i7-1280P has 14 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-1280P was released in Q1/2022.

AMD Athlon II (52)	Family	Intel Core i7 (298)
AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus) (18)	CPU group	Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21)
1	Generation	12
Propus	Architecture	Alder Lake U
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Athlon II X2 270 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon II X2 270 is 3.40 GHz while the Intel Core i7-1280P has 14 CPU cores and 20 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-1280P is at 1.80 GHz (4.80 GHz).
AMD Athlon II X2 270	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-1280P
2	Cores	14
2	Threads	20
normal	Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.40 GHz	A-Core	1.80 GHz (4.80 GHz) 6x Golden Cove
--	B-Core	1.30 GHz (3.60 GHz) 8x Gracemont
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 270	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-1280P
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Athlon II X2 270 or Intel Core i7-1280P has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
	GPU frequency	0.40 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.45 GHz
--	GPU Generation	13
	Technology	10 nm
	Max. displays	4
--	Compute units	96
--	Shader	768
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
--	DirectX Version	12.1

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 Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
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 The AMD Athlon II X2 270 can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The Intel Core i7-1280P supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 83.2 GB/s.
AMD Athlon II X2 270	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-1280P
DDR3-1333	Memory	LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
16 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	83.2 GB/s
No	ECC	No
2.00 MB	L2 Cache	11.50 MB
--	L3 Cache	24.00 MB
2.0	PCIe version	4.0
--	PCIe lanes	28
--	PCIe Bandwidth	55.1 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon II X2 270 is 65 W, while the Intel Core i7-1280P has a TDP of 28 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Athlon II X2 270	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-1280P
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	28 W
--	TDP (PL2)	64 W
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Athlon II X2 270 is manufactured in 45 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i7-1280P is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 35.50 MB cache.
AMD Athlon II X2 270	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-1280P
45 nm	Technology	10 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
AM3	Socket	BGA 1744
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2011	Release date	Q1/2022
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X2 270 (30%)

Intel Core i7-1280P (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X2 270 (8%)

Intel Core i7-1280P (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 270 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	477 (30%)
	Intel Core i7-1280P 14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz	1587 (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 270 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	931 (9%)
	Intel Core i7-1280P 14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz	10126 (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 270 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	1269 (6%)
	Intel Core i7-1280P 14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz	20478 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Athlon II X2 270 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-1280P 14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz	77 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Athlon II X2 270 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-1280P 14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz	437 (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 270 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-1280P 14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz	1848 (100%)

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 270 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-1280P 14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz	13549 (100%)

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 270 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-1280P 14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz	2167 (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 270 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-1280P 14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz	9827 (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 270 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-1280P 14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz	707 (100%)

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 270 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-1280P 14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz	5222 (100%)

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 270 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.45 GHz	2223 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD Athlon II X2 270 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-1280P 14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz	206 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Athlon II X2 270 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	309 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-1280P 14C 20T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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 270 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-1280P 14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz	264 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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 270 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-1280P 14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz	2103 (100%)

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