AMD Athlon II X3 455

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X3 455 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 455

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.3 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 455 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 75.25

Overall Rank:
3633rd fastest in multithreading out of 5778 CPUs
3029th fastest in single threading out of 5778 CPUs
1022nd fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $25.76 USD (2022-07-08)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1938

Single Thread Rating

1333

Samples: 393*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,645
Thread: 1,114

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon II X3 455

Integer Math	5,871 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,215 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,403 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	527.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,230 KBytes/Sec
Physics	149 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,035 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,333 MOps/Sec

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

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X3 455

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th 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 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		15,639
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Athlon II X3 455		1,938

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.24
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		126.29
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.64
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.37
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.97
AMD Athlon II X3 455		75.25
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.62
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 455		1,333

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X3 455
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3052741 - Nov 14 2025		1949
BL3021870 - Nov 02 2025		1975
BL3019043 - Oct 31 2025		1882
BL2811520 - Aug 04 2025		2133
BL2792352 - Jul 26 2025		2119

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X3 455
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X3 455		1,938
AMD Athlon II X3 445 vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		1,811 (-6.6%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		2,160 (+11.4%)
Intel Core i3-2130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		2,066 (+6.6%)
AMD A6-3600 APU vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		1,750 (-9.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 925 vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		2,264 (+16.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 920 vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		2,216 (+14.3%)
AMD Athlon II X4 630 vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		2,180 (+12.5%)
AMD A6-3620 APU vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		1,891 (-2.4%)
AMD Phenom II X3 B77 vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		1,844 (-4.9%)
AMD Athlon II X4 600e vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		1,795 (-7.4%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		3,467 (+78.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 840 vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		2,456 (+26.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X3 455 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		10,384
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,259
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,188
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,770
AMD Athlon II X3 455		270

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