AMD Athlon X2 450

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon X2 450 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 X2 450 Good for Gaming?

This is an old CPU that contains 2 Cores and 2 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 X2 450

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2+

Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz

Cores: 2 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 96 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) X2 450 Dual Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2022

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
4151st fastest in multithreading out of 5791 CPUs
4039th fastest in single threading out of 5791 CPUs
1194th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1295

Single Thread Rating

878

Samples: 1*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X2 450

Integer Math	7,520 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,152 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	4 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,578 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	341.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	22,133 KBytes/Sec
Physics	90 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	877 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	878 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X2 450

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of February 2026

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of February 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,444
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,279
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,939
Apple M4 10 Core		23,699
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,584
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,083
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,678
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,643
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Athlon X2 450		1,295

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th 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		124.62
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.41
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.93
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.60
AMD Athlon X2 450		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 18th 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 X2 450		878

Last 1 Baselines for AMD Athlon X2 450
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1603620 - Jul 29 2022		1295

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X2 450
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X2 450		1,295
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 450		1,302 (+0.5%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 450		1,240 (-4.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 450		1,220 (-5.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon X2 450		1,184 (-8.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 450		1,159 (-10.5%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 450		1,095 (-15.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 450		1,050 (-18.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 450		1,027 (-20.7%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 450		1,011 (-22.0%)
Intel Celeron G1620 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 450		1,598 (+23.4%)
Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 450		1,547 (+19.5%)
Intel Celeron J4005 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X2 450		1,544 (+19.2%)

Is the AMD Athlon X2 450 Good for Gaming?
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,432
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		10,377
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,195
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,783
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,780
AMD Athlon X2 450		268

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