AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X3 420e can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.6 GHz

Cores: 3 Threads: 3

Typical TDP: 45 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 3 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 3 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 3 x 512 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 420e Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 13.40

Overall Rank:
3928th fastest in multithreading out of 5777 CPUs
3650th fastest in single threading out of 5777 CPUs
1124th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $116.15 USD (2016-10-02)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1557

Single Thread Rating

1058

Samples: 8*
*Margin for error: Medium

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,284
Thread: 895

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Integer Math	4,609 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,438 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	7 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,923 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	457.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	33,820 KBytes/Sec
Physics	140 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	753 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,058 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X3 420e

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of February 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,454
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,301
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,943
Apple M4 10 Core		23,699
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,578
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,091
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Athlon II X3 420e		1,557

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		170.63
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.59
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.24
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.64
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.37
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.97
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.62
AMD Athlon II X3 420e		13.40
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD Athlon II X3 420e		1,058

Last 3 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X3 420e
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2708557 - Jun 20 2025		1661
BL1482383 - Dec 20 2021		1523
BL1482375 - Dec 20 2021		1653

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X3 420e
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X3 420e		1,557
Intel Core i3-2105 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e		1,846 (+18.5%)
Intel Core i3-550 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e		1,632 (+4.8%)
AMD Phenom II X3 740 vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e		1,424 (-8.5%)
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e		1,979 (+27.1%)
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e		1,860 (+19.5%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e		1,843 (+18.4%)
AMD A6-3500 APU vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e		1,439 (-7.6%)
AMD Athlon II X3 405e vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e		1,331 (-14.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e		1,302 (-16.4%)
Intel Celeron G550 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e		1,275 (-18.1%)
Intel Pentium E5800 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e		1,190 (-23.6%)
Intel Core i3-560 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e		1,642 (+5.5%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X3 420e Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,423
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,793
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,516
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,385
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,259
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,181
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,770
AMD Athlon II X3 420e		233

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