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: 75.28

Overall Rank:
3877th fastest in multithreading out of 6041 CPUs
3246th fastest in single threading out of 6041 CPUs
1065th fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1939

Single Thread Rating

1333

Samples: 397*
*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	5,847 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,210 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,358 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	530.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,173 KBytes/Sec
Physics	148 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,037 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,333 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X3 455

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of October 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of October 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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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,193
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,063
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,287
Apple M4 10 Core		23,574
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,821
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,538
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,025
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,649
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,650
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,120
AMD Athlon II X3 455		1,939

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		162.95
Intel Core i9-14900K		154.77
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		147.45
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.12
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		107.15
Intel Core i9-13900K		92.46
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		80.56
AMD Athlon II X3 455		75.28
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,690
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,595
Apple M4 10 Core		4,492
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,882
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		3,761
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,672
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,908
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,557
AMD Athlon II X3 455		1,333

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X3 455
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3734321 - Sep 23 2026 [Excluded]		1471
BL3716442 - Sep 15 2026		1694
BL5123950 - Aug 07 2026		2156
BL3489567 - May 26 2026		1992
BL3328570 - Mar 05 2026		1946

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X3 455
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X3 455		1,939
AMD Athlon II X3 445 vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		1,844 (-4.9%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		2,168 (+11.8%)
AMD A6-3600 APU vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		1,780 (-8.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 925 vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		2,258 (+16.5%)
AMD Phenom II X4 920 vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		2,252 (+16.1%)
AMD Athlon II X4 630 vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		2,178 (+12.3%)
AMD A6-3620 APU vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		1,897 (-2.1%)
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 (-7.5%)
Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		1,552 (-20.0%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		3,469 (+78.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 840 vs AMD Athlon II X3 455		2,464 (+27.1%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X3 455 Good for Gaming?
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,443
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,520
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,385
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,103
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,259
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,687
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,515
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,379
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,353
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,053
AMD Athlon II X3 455		269

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