AMD Athlon II X3 460

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X3 460 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 460

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.4 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 460 Processor, AMD Athlon(tm) X3 460 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 118.11

Overall Rank:
3620th fastest in multithreading out of 5788 CPUs
2951st fastest in single threading out of 5788 CPUs
1015th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $16.64 USD (2023-06-02)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1965

Single Thread Rating

1379

Samples: 141*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,693
Thread: 1,139

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon II X3 460

Integer Math	6,021 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,339 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,468 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	544.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	44,270 KBytes/Sec
Physics	145 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,004 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,379 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X3 460

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of February 2026

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

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,452
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,291
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,940
Apple M4 10 Core		23,702
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,582
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,678
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Athlon II X3 460		1,965

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th 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		122.39
AMD Athlon II X3 460		118.11
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.95
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.60
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 16th 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 460		1,379

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X3 460
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2943997 - Sep 30 2025		1618
BL2729290 - Jun 29 2025		1838
BL2693681 - Jun 13 2025		1860
BL2693399 - Jun 13 2025		2119
BL2083356 - Apr 21 2024		2209

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X3 460
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X3 460		1,965
AMD Athlon II X3 440 vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		1,743 (-11.3%)
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		2,628 (+33.7%)
AMD Athlon II X4 635 vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		2,250 (+14.5%)
AMD Phenom II X4 830 vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		2,104 (+7.1%)
AMD Athlon II X4 610e vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		1,959 (-0.3%)
AMD Phenom II X4 925 vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		2,264 (+15.2%)
AMD Athlon II X4 631 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		2,118 (+7.8%)
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		1,979 (+0.7%)
AMD Athlon II X4 605e vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		1,964 (-0.1%)
AMD A6-3620 APU vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		1,891 (-3.8%)
AMD Athlon II X4 600e vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		1,795 (-8.7%)
AMD A6-3600 APU vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		1,750 (-11.0%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X3 460 Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,430
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		10,517
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,381
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,196
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,775
AMD Athlon II X3 460		271

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