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AMD Athlon II X4 655

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X4 655 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 X4 655

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2+ (940-pin)

Clockspeed: 3.3 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 95 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

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 655 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2014

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
3213th fastest in multithreading out of 5495 CPUs
2806th fastest in single threading out of 5495 CPUs
890th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2487

Single Thread Rating

1430

Samples: 3*
*Margin for error: High

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,116
Thread: 1,202

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon II X4 655

Integer Math	8,406 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	6,236 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	12 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	7,499 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	809.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	61,417 KBytes/Sec
Physics	207 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,609 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,430 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X4 655

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of December 2025

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

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of December 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,548
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,348
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,953
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,148
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,549
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,107
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,684
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,653
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,142
AMD Athlon II X4 655		2,487

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		263.94
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		164.62
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.57
Intel Core i9-14900K		133.37
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.20
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.30
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
AMD Athlon II X4 655		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,889
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,677
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Athlon II X4 655		1,430

Last 1 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X4 655
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3081232 - Nov 25 2025		2896

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X4 655
As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X4 655		2,487
Intel Core i5-4200H @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 655		3,036 (+22.1%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD Athlon II X4 655		3,004 (+20.8%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon II X4 655		2,994 (+20.4%)
AMD Athlon X4 760K Quad Core vs AMD Athlon II X4 655		2,983 (+20.0%)
AMD A8-6500 APU vs AMD Athlon II X4 655		2,580 (+3.7%)
AMD A8-6500B APU vs AMD Athlon II X4 655		2,485 (-0.1%)
Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 655		2,065 (-17.0%)
Intel Pentium G3220 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 655		1,886 (-24.2%)
Intel Core i3-4330T @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 655		3,105 (+24.9%)
AMD A10-5800B APU vs AMD Athlon II X4 655		3,027 (+21.7%)
AMD FX-670K Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon II X4 655		2,980 (+19.8%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD Athlon II X4 655		2,965 (+19.2%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X4 655 Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,440
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,253
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,796
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,518
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,444
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,309
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,269
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,699
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,469
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,409
AMD Athlon II X4 655		288