AMD A6-3500 vs Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3)
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AMD A6-3500 advantages
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AMD Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3) advantages
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A6-3500 vs 260 performance comparison
The charts illustrate performance of A6-3500 and Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3) processors in several different kinds of tasks. To determine displayed numbers we averaged results for a few tests for each specific type of program. As such, performance in individual benchmarks may be higher or lower than what you see in the charts here. The 'Overall performance' chart calculates an average of all-around performance benchmarks, and benchmarks, specific to each task type. The 'Price-performance ratio' chart displays how much more performance you will get per dollar spent. The cost of other system parts is not included in this ratio. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full list of benchmarks, that show performance difference between A6-3500 and AMD Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3) in various types of applications, can be seen in the "Benchmarks" tab.
A6-3500 vs 260 power consumption and price comparison
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Detailed side by side comparison of A6-3500 vs Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3) specs can be found in the "Specifications" tab. Even more detailed comparison of internal features of both CPUs you will find in the "CPUIDs" tab.
Pros and Cons summary
| A6-3500 | Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3) |
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General recommendations: Performs slightly better in all kinds of programs,
Has on-chip Radeon HD 6530D GPU |
General recommendations: Faster in single-threaded applications,
Less expensive, Somewhat better price / performance ratio |
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Drawbacks: Not as fast in single-threaded applications,
More expensive, Worse price / performance ratio |
Drawbacks: Performs insignificantly worse in all task types,
Comes without integrated GPU |
Similar processors
| A6-3500 | Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3) |
Similar microprocessors use the same socket and architecture as A6-3500 and 260.
Specifications
| AMD A6-3500 | AMD Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3) | |
| Basic details | ||
| Market segment | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | AMD | |
| Family | AMD A6-Series | AMD Athlon II X2 |
| Model number | A6-3500 | 260 |
| CPU part number | AD3500OJZ33GX | ADX260OCK23GM |
| Box part number | AD3500OJGXBOX | ADX260OCGMBOX |
| Introduction date | August 8, 2011 | May 10, 2010 |
| Current official price | $59 (as of Apr 2013) | $48 (as of Apr 2013) |
| CPU features | ||
| Core name | Llano | Regor |
| Platform name | Lynx | |
| Microarchitecture | K10 | |
| Technology (micron) | 0.032 | 0.045 |
| Data width (bits) | 64 | |
| Socket | Socket FM1 | Socket AM2+ / Socket AM3 |
| Frequency (MHz) | 2100 | 3200 |
| Turbo Frequency (MHz) | 2400 | |
| Bus speed (MHz) | 2000 (HT/QPI) | |
| Clock Multiplier | 16 | |
| L1 cache | 192 KB (code) / 192 KB (data) | 128 KB (code) / 128 KB (data) |
| L2 cache (KB) | 3072 | 2048 |
| Max temperature (°C) | 70.9 | 74 |
| TDP (Watt) | 65 | |
| Core voltage (V) | 0.45 - 1.4125 | 0.825 - 1.4 |
| Cores | 3 | 2 |
| Threads | 3 | 2 |
| Multiprocessing | 1 | |
| Instruction set extensions | ||
| 3DNow! | + | |
| AMD64 / EM64T 64-bit technology | + | |
| MMX | + | |
| SSE | + | |
| SSE2 | + | |
| SSE3 | + | |
| Supported technologies | ||
| PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep | + | |
| Turbo Core / Turbo Boost | + | - |
| Virtualization | + | |
| Virus Protection / Execute Disable bit | + | |
| Integrated Graphics | ||
| GPU Type | Radeon HD 6530D | None |
Rows with different specifications or features are highlighted.
For detailed specifications of "AMD A6-3500" or "AMD Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3)" parts please click on the links in the table header.
Benchmarks
System setup
AMD A6-3500 and 260 (rev. C3) processors were tested using different system components, that are identified by MB, RAM and VID columns in the tables below. The numbers in each of these columns correspond to one of motherboards (MB), memory configurations (RAM) or graphics adapters (VID), listed below:
MB - Motherboard(s):
1. ASUS F1A75-V PRO
2. ASROCK M3A780GXH/128M
RAM - Memory:
1. 4GB DUAL-CHANNEL CRUCIAL BALLISTIXPC3-14900 (DDR3-1866)
2. 2 GB DUAL-CHANNEL CORSAIR CM3X1024-1333C9 DDR3
VID - Video card(s):
1. MSI R6670 1GB GDDR5 (ATI RADEON)
2. INTEGRATED ON-CHIP ATI RADEON 6000-SERIES GRAPHICS
3. POWERCOLOR 24PRO256M DDR2 (ATI RADEON HD2400)
All tests were performed at default frequency and voltage, using manufacturer's stock fan/heatsink. None of the components were overclocked. Motherboard BIOS options were left at default settings.
The results of all benchmarks are broken into four categories: multi-threaded, single-threaded, memory intensive and graphics / gaming.
A6-3500 vs 260 (rev. C3) single-threaded benchmarks
Single-threaded benchmarks run on a single CPU core, and do not depend on such features as the number of cores, or Hyper-Threading technology. Additionally, they do not utilize on-chip caches, dedicated to other cores.
AMD A6-3500 AMD Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3) | |||||
3DMark03 CPU score benchmark | |||||
Longer is better  | MB | RAM | VID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 92.7% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 83.1% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score (1 core) benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 75.0% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 74.7% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
FLAC encoding - single process benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 76.3% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 76.3% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
H.264 video encoding - single process benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 78.8% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 78.2% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
LAME MP3 encoding - single process benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 78.3% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 78.3% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
AMD A6-3500 AMD Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3) | |||||
PCMark2002 CPU score benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 75.5% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 73.9% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Super PI (1M) benchmark | |||||
 Shorter is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 83.7% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 83.7% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
XVid video encoding - single process benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 80.1% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 80.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
A6-3500 vs 260 (rev. C3) multi-threaded benchmarks
Multi-threaded benchmarks utilize all CPU cores and other on-chip resources (on-chip caches, internal buffers, etc). Intel's Hyper-Threading feature also helps to improve multi-threading performance.
AMD A6-3500 AMD Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3) | |||||
Apache web server - dynamic pages benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 95.4% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 95.1% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Apache web server - static pages benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 99.9% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 99.5% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
Blowfish encryption benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 99.8% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 96.6% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 99.8% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 97.9% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
CINEBENCH R10 render time (seconds) benchmark | |||||
| Shorter is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 99.9% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 97.9% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
AMD A6-3500 AMD Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3) | |||||
CrystalMark ALU benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 97.5% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
CrystalMark FPU benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 95.1% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
Euler3D benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 80.9% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
FLAC encoding - multiple processes benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 97.0% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
Fritz Chess Benchmark benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 99.5% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 92.5% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
AMD A6-3500 AMD Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3) | |||||
H.264 video encoding - multiple processes benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 99.9% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 93.2% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
H.264 video encoding - multithreaded benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 95.9% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 95.8% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
LAME MP3 encoding - multiple processes benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 94.4% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
MySQL 5.0.27 - selecting data benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 99.4% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 96.9% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 99.9% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 95.5% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
AMD A6-3500 AMD Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3) | |||||
Sandra MultiMedia Floating Point (it/s) benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 99.9% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 93.8% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
Sandra MultiMedia Integer (it/s) benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 94.2% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 99.8% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 92.7% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
Sandra Whetstone SSE2 (MFLOPS) benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 99.9% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 95.4% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
XVid video encoding - multiple processes benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 89.4% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
AMD A6-3500 AMD Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3) | |||||
wPrime v1.55 (32M) benchmark | |||||
| Shorter is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 99.3% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 99.0% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
A6-3500 vs 260 (rev. C3) graphics benchmarks
Graphics benchmarks depend on the type of integrated or discrete graphics adapter, and to less extent on the processor performance. Because these benchmarks are synthetic, they may not truly represent gaming performance. However, they still can used to estimate whether one processor will perform faster or slower in games than another CPU.
AMD A6-3500 AMD Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3) | |||||
3DMark03 game score benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
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| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 54.9% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.6% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
3DMark2001 score benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 78.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 36.0% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
CINEBENCH R10 OpenGL score benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 95.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 47.3% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
A6-3500 vs 260 (rev. C3) memory performance
Memory-intensive tests or programs move large amounts of data to/from memory, and they depend more on memory throughput and the size of on-chip caches, rather than on CPU integer/FP/SIMD performance.
AMD A6-3500 AMD Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3) | |||||
7Zip compressing/decompressing speed benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
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| 100% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 77.1% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 75.9% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
CrystalMark Memory benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 99.8% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 84.7% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
PCMark2002 Memory score benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 98.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 94.7% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
WinRAR compressing/decompressing speed benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 98.8% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 81.2% | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
CPUIDs
The table below compares two random CPUID records for AMD A6-3500 and AMD Athlon II X2 260 (rev. C3) microprocessors, that were submitted to our CPUID database.
| CPUID 1 | CPUID 2 | |
| Manufacturer | AMD | |
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| CPU Family | A6-Series | Athlon II X2 |
| Model / Processor Number | A6-3500 | 260 |
| Frequency | 1835 MHz | 3192 MHz |
| CWID version | 0.4 | |
| Part number | AD3500OJZ33GX | ADX260OCK23GM |
| S-Spec / Stepping Code | DA 1133GPM | NAEGC AE 1012BPMW |
| General information | ||
| Vendor | AuthenticAMD | |
| Processor name (BIOS) | AMD A6-3500 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics | AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 260 Processor |
| Cores | 3 | 2 |
| Logical processors | 3 | 2 |
| Processor type | Original OEM Processor | |
| Core stepping | LN-B0 | DA-C3 |
| CPUID signature | 300F10 | 100F63 |
| Family | 18 (012h) | 16 (010h) |
| Model | 1 (01h) | 6 (06h) |
| Stepping | 0 (00h) | 3 (03h) |
| Cache | ||
| L1 data: Associativity | 2-way set associative | |
| L1 data: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L1 data: Lines per tag | 1 | |
| L1 data: Size | 3 x 64 KB | 2 x 64 KB |
| L1 instruction: Associativity | 2-way set associative | |
| L1 instruction: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L1 instruction: Lines per tag | 1 | |
| L1 instruction: Size | 3 x 64 KB | 2 x 64 KB |
| L2: Associativity | 16-way set associative | |
| L2: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L2: Lines per tag | 1 | |
| L2: Size | 3 x 1 MB | 2 x 1 MB |
| Instruction set extensions | ||
| 3DNow! | + | |
| AMD extensions to MMX | + | |
| Extensions to 3DNow! | + | |
| MMX | + | |
| SSE | + | |
| SSE2 | + | |
| SSE3 | + | |
| SSE4A | + | |
| Additional instructions | ||
| Advanced Bit manipulation | + | |
| CLFLUSH | + | |
| CMOV | + | |
| CMPXCHG16B | + | |
| CMPXCHG8B | + | |
| FXSAVE/FXRSTORE | + | |
| MONITOR/MWAIT | + | |
| POPCNT | + | |
| PREFETCH/PREFETCHW | + | |
| RDTSCP | + | |
| SKINIT / STGI support | + | |
| SYSCALL/SYSRET | + | |
| SYSENTER/SYSEXIT | + | |
| Major features | ||
| 64-bit / Intel 64 | + | |
| NX bit/XD-bit | + | |
| On-chip Floating Point Unit | + | |
| PowerNow! / Cool'n'Quiet | + | |
| Secure Virtual Machine (Virtualization) | + | |
| Turbo Core | + | - |
| Other features | ||
| 1 GB large page support | + | |
| 100MHz multiplier control | + | |
| 128-bit SSE instructions | + | |
| 36-bit page-size extensions | + | |
| Advanced programmable interrupt controller | + | |
| Core multi-processing legacy mode | + | |
| Debugging extensions | + | |
| Extended APIC space | + | |
| Hardware P-state control | + | |
| Hardware thermal control | + | |
| Instruction based sampling | + | |
| LAHF / SAHF support in 64-bit mode | + | |
| LBR virtualization | + | |
| LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8 | + | |
| Machine check architecture | + | |
| Machine check exception | + | |
| Memory-type range registers | + | |
| Misaligned SSE mode | + | |
| Model-specific registers | + | |
| Nested page tables | + | |
| OS visible workaround | + | |
| Page attribute table | + | |
| Page global extension | + | |
| Page-size extensions (4MB pages) | + | |
| Physical address extensions | + | |
| SVM lock | + | |
| Software thermal control | + | |
| Support for NRIP save | + | |
| THERMTRIP | + | |
| TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states | + | |
| Temperature sensor | + | |
| Time stamp counter | + | |
| Virtual 8086-mode enhancements | + | |
| Watchdog timer support | + | |
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