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: 119.05

Overall Rank:
3846th fastest in multithreading out of 6042 CPUs
3154th fastest in single threading out of 6042 CPUs
1056th fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1981

Single Thread Rating

1381

Samples: 142*
*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	6,035 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,368 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,482 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	549.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	44,428 KBytes/Sec
Physics	146 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,021 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,381 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X3 460

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of October 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,188
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,054
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,288
Apple M4 10 Core		23,567
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,821
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,537
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,024
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,648
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,647
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,119
AMD Athlon II X3 460		1,981

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		172.41
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		145.48
Intel Core i9-14900K		126.77
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.11
AMD Athlon II X3 460		119.05
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		107.15
Intel Core i9-13900K		96.92
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		81.19
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 8th 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		4,491
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,881
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 460		1,381

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X3 460
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3516237 - Jun 09 2026		2201
BL2943997 - Sep 30 2025		1618
BL2729290 - Jun 29 2025		1838
BL2693681 - Jun 13 2025		1860
BL2693399 - Jun 13 2025		2119

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X3 460
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X3 460		1,981
AMD Athlon II X3 440 vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		1,750 (-11.7%)
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		2,631 (+32.8%)
AMD Athlon II X4 635 vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		2,253 (+13.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 830 vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		2,104 (+6.2%)
AMD Athlon II X4 610e vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		1,970 (-0.6%)
AMD Phenom II X4 925 vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		2,258 (+14.0%)
AMD Athlon II X4 631 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		2,131 (+7.6%)
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		1,972 (-0.4%)
AMD Athlon II X4 605e vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		1,964 (-0.9%)
AMD A6-3620 APU vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		1,897 (-4.2%)
AMD Athlon II X4 600e vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		1,795 (-9.4%)
AMD A6-3600 APU vs AMD Athlon II X3 460		1,780 (-10.1%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X3 460 Good for Gaming?
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,464
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,518
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,385
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,103
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,685
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,497
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,377
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,354
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,055
AMD Athlon II X3 460		272

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