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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.

Is the AMD Athlon II X3 420e Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]


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:
3550th fastest in multithreading out of 5149 CPUs
3333rd fastest in single threading out of 5149 CPUs
1066th fastest in out of 1449 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 Math4,609 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math3,438 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers7 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,923 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption457.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression33,820 KBytes/Sec
Physics140 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions753 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,058 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of June 2025


Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of June 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 15th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,662
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,302
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,018
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,483
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,166
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,705
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,649
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,145
AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,557
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 227.01
Intel Core i5-12400F
 186.44
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 168.81
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 152.50
Intel Core i9-12900K
 136.19
Intel Core i9-13900K
 128.37
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 49.23
AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 13.40
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 15th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,139
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,477
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,563
AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,058
Last 2 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X3 420e
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
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 15th of June 2025 - 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
 1,837 (+18.0%)
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
 1,968 (+26.4%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,835 (+17.9%)
AMD A6-3500 APU vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,438 (-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
 1,293 (-16.9%)
Intel Celeron G550 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,255 (-19.4%)
Intel Pentium E5800 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,182 (-24.1%)
Intel Core i3-560 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,627 (+4.5%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,176 (-24.5%)
AMD A6-3650 APU vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 2,090 (+34.2%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X3 420e Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,499
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,153
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,305
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,842
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,587
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,486
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,277
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,806
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,768
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,656
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,518
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,493
AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 233