AMD Athlon II X4 557

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X4 557 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 557 Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 4 Cores and 4 Threads. This CPU may not do well with games especially more recent releases. Best to check with your system requirements from the developer of the games you are interested to see if it is compatible. [More ...]

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AMD Athlon II X4 557

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.7 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 160 W

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 557 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2021

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
3464th fastest in multithreading out of 6042 CPUs
3214th fastest in single threading out of 6042 CPUs
932nd fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2567

Single Thread Rating

1345

Samples: 1*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon II X4 557

Integer Math	8,041 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,976 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	14 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	7,459 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	611.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	59,455 KBytes/Sec
Physics	235 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,302 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,345 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X4 557

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 1st of October 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,191
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,056
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,287
Apple M4 10 Core		23,570
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		15,647
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,120
AMD Athlon II X4 557		2,567

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		173.01
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		92.45
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		80.56
AMD Athlon II X4 557		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 7th 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 X4 557		1,345

Last 1 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X4 557
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1427749 - Jul 16 2021		2567

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Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X4 557
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X4 557		2,567
AMD A8-7600 APU vs AMD Athlon II X4 557		3,201 (+24.7%)
Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 557		3,168 (+23.4%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD Athlon II X4 557		3,152 (+22.8%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6405T @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 557		3,128 (+21.9%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD Athlon II X4 557		3,013 (+17.4%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon II X4 557		3,005 (+17.1%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD Athlon II X4 557		2,972 (+15.8%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD Athlon II X4 557		2,859 (+11.4%)
Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 557		2,679 (+4.4%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD Athlon II X4 557		2,677 (+4.3%)
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon II X4 557		2,631 (+2.5%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD Athlon II X4 557		2,623 (+2.2%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X4 557 Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,463
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,519
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		10,689
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,504
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,378
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,353
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,054
AMD Athlon II X4 557		424

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