AMD Athlon II X2 270 Benchmark, Test and specs
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The AMD Athlon II X2 270 has 2 cores with 2 threads and is based on the 1. gen of the AMD Athlon II series. The processor uses a mainboard with the AM3 socket and was released in Q3/2011. The AMD Athlon II X2 270 scores 477 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 931 points.
| Name: | AMD Athlon II X2 270 |
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| Family: | AMD Athlon II (52) |
| CPU group: | AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus) (18) |
| Architecture: | Propus |
| Segment: | Desktop / Server |
| Generation: | 1 |
| 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. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 2 / 2 |
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| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 2x |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
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| Overclocking: | No |
| Frequency: | 3.40 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | -- |
| Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): | -- |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to 16 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | Memory bandwidth: |
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| DDR3-1333 | 21.3 GB/s |
| Max. Memory: | 16 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | 2.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth: | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
The AMD Athlon II X2 270 is made in 45 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 2.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 45 nm |
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| Chip design: | |
| Socket: | AM3 |
| L2-Cache: | 2.00 MB |
| L3-Cache: | -- |
| AES-NI: | No |
| Operating systems: | Windows 10, Linux |
| Virtualization: | AMD-V |
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| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a |
| Release date: | Q3/2011 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the AMD Athlon II X2 270 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
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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.
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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.
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AMD Athlon II X2 270
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G1620T
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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.
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2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-2348M
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-2350M
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 270
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2950M
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 1020M
2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz |
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Intel Celeron J3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz |
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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.
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2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E4400
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 270
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Pentium E2180
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium T3200
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo T5750
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz |
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