AMD Athlon II X3 450

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X3 450 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 450

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.2 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 450 Processor, AMD Athlon(tm) X3 450 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 12.43

Overall Rank:
3697th fastest in multithreading out of 5785 CPUs
3108th fastest in single threading out of 5785 CPUs
1044th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $149.95 USD (2025-07-18)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1865

Single Thread Rating

1299

Samples: 600*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,582
Thread: 1,058

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon II X3 450

Integer Math	5,596 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,167 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	7 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,196 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	504.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	41,642 KBytes/Sec
Physics	145 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	987 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,299 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X3 450

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of February 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 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,451
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,294
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,941
Apple M4 10 Core		23,700
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,583
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Athlon II X3 450		1,865

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.24
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.40
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.95
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.60
AMD Athlon II X3 450		12.43
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 13th 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 450		1,299

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X3 450
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3017508 - Oct 31 2025		1506
BL2965801 - Oct 10 2025		1763
BL2739845 - Jul 03 2025		2295
BL2658798 - May 29 2025		1950
BL2550451 - Apr 12 2025		1971

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X3 450
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X3 450		1,865
Intel Core i3-550 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 450		1,632 (-12.5%)
AMD Athlon II X3 435 vs AMD Athlon II X3 450		1,645 (-11.8%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 450		2,093 (+12.3%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 450		2,082 (+11.6%)
AMD Phenom II X3 710 vs AMD Athlon II X3 450		1,597 (-14.3%)
AMD Phenom II X2 565 vs AMD Athlon II X3 450		1,453 (-22.1%)
AMD A6-3650 APU vs AMD Athlon II X3 450		2,098 (+12.5%)
Intel Core i3-2125 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 450		2,083 (+11.7%)
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 450		1,979 (+6.1%)
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 450		1,861 (-0.2%)
Intel Core i3-2105 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 450		1,846 (-1.0%)
Intel Core i3-2120T @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 450		1,570 (-15.8%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X3 450 Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,426
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,516
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,382
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,194
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,772
AMD Athlon II X3 450		263

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