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AMD Athlon II X4 553

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X4 553 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.

Is the AMD Athlon II X4 553 Good for Gaming?

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AMD Athlon II X4 553

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket:

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 553 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2011

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
3332nd fastest in multithreading out of 5787 CPUs
3315th fastest in single threading out of 5787 CPUs
917th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2418
Single Thread Rating
1204

Samples: 2*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon II X4 553

Integer MathNA
Floating Point MathNA
Find Prime NumbersNA
Random String SortingNA
Data EncryptionNA
Data CompressionNA
PhysicsNA
Extended InstructionsNA
Single Thread1,204 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X4 553

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of February 2026


Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

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

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
58,450
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,291
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
38,940
Apple M4 10 Core
23,701
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,843
Intel Core i5-12400F
19,582
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 X4 553
2,418
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
130.23
Intel Core i9-14900K
124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F
122.39
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K
107.95
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
60.60
AMD Athlon II X4 553
NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
NA
Apple M4 10 Core
NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 15th 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 X4 553
1,204
Last 2 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X4 553
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL1503691 - Jan 25 2022
2650
BL1500604 - Jan 20 2022
2915
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X4 553
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X4 553
2,418
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 553
1,979 (-18.2%)
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 553
1,861 (-23.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 980 vs AMD Athlon II X4 553
2,880 (+19.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 970 vs AMD Athlon II X4 553
2,785 (+15.2%)
Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 553
2,675 (+10.6%)
AMD Phenom II X4 975 vs AMD Athlon II X4 553
2,638 (+9.1%)
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon II X4 553
2,628 (+8.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 B60 vs AMD Athlon II X4 553
2,627 (+8.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 B97 vs AMD Athlon II X4 553
2,562 (+6.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 850 vs AMD Athlon II X4 553
2,462 (+1.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 840 vs AMD Athlon II X4 553
2,456 (+1.6%)
AMD A8-3850 APU vs AMD Athlon II X4 553
2,421 (+0.2%)