AMD Athlon II X3 435

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X3 435 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 435

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz

Cores: 3 Threads: 3

Typical TDP: 95 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 435 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 10.29

Overall Rank:
3887th fastest in multithreading out of 5811 CPUs
3415th fastest in single threading out of 5811 CPUs
1097th fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $159.95 USD (2022-02-08)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1645

Single Thread Rating

1164

Samples: 246*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,426
Thread: 992

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon II X3 435

Integer Math	4,956 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,624 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	7 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4,625 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	430.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	36,476 KBytes/Sec
Physics	135 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	871 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,164 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X3 435

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of March 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of March 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 7th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,429
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,258
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,936
Apple M4 10 Core		23,680
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,843
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,590
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,076
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,677
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,643
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,131
AMD Athlon II X3 435		1,645

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		196.98
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		134.70
Intel Core i5-12400F		130.48
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.59
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.86
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.89
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		62.42
AMD Athlon II X3 435		10.29
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,693
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,885
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,913
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD Athlon II X3 435		1,164

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X3 435
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3007404 - Oct 27 2025		1673
BL3001863 - Oct 24 2025		1846
BL2976275 - Oct 14 2025		1748
BL2572832 - Apr 22 2025		1815
BL2570652 - Apr 21 2025		1586

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X3 435
As of 7th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X3 435		1,645
AMD Phenom II X3 705e vs AMD Athlon II X3 435		1,519 (-7.7%)
AMD Athlon II X3 450 vs AMD Athlon II X3 435		1,866 (+13.4%)
Intel Core i3-550 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 435		1,632 (-0.8%)
AMD Phenom II X3 710 vs AMD Athlon II X3 435		1,601 (-2.7%)
AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon II X3 435		1,712 (+4.1%)
Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 435		1,557 (-5.4%)
AMD Phenom II X4 805 vs AMD Athlon II X3 435		2,001 (+21.6%)
Intel Core i3-2120T @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 435		1,570 (-4.6%)
AMD Athlon II X3 405e vs AMD Athlon II X3 435		1,331 (-19.1%)
Intel Core i5-660 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 435		2,397 (+45.7%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 435		2,093 (+27.2%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 435		2,083 (+26.6%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X3 435 Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,427
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,264
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,524
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,388
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,373
Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus		10,291
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,171
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,793
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,448
AMD Athlon II X3 435		240

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