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AMD-K6-III

Benchmarks for the AMD-K6-III 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-K6-III

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket:

Cores: 1 Threads: 1

Typical TDP: -1 W

Other names: AMD-K6(tm)-III Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2010

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
5815th fastest in multithreading out of 5821 CPUs
Insufficient data samples to calculate single thread ranking.
1556th fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

70

Samples: 1*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD-K6-III

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of March 2026

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

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

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 16th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,413
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,255
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,934
Apple M4 10 Core		23,685
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,596
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,075
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,677
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,642
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,130
AMD-K6-III		70

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		192.75
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		167.47
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		144.67
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.55
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.88
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		47.71
Intel Core i5-12400F		45.21
AMD-K6-III		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 16th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,693
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,599
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,885
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,913
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD-K6-III		NA

Popular comparisons for AMD-K6-III
As of 16th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD-K6-III		70
Intel Pentium 4 1.70GHz vs AMD-K6-III		86 (+23.1%)
Intel Pentium 4 1.60GHz vs AMD-K6-III		84 (+20.2%)
Intel Pentium 4 1.50GHz vs AMD-K6-III		86 (+22.1%)
Intel Pentium 4 1400MHz vs AMD-K6-III		83 (+18.1%)
Intel Pentium 4 1500MHz vs AMD-K6-III		81 (+15.8%)
Intel Pentium 4 1300MHz vs AMD-K6-III		77 (+10.2%)
AMD-K6 3D vs AMD-K6-III		59 (-15.9%)
AMD Sempron 145 vs AMD-K6-III		540 (+669.5%)
AMD Athlon II 160u vs AMD-K6-III		358 (+409.5%)
AMD Athlon II 170u vs AMD-K6-III		355 (+405.3%)
Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz vs AMD-K6-III		5,479 (+7703.3%)
Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD-K6-III		5,341 (+7507.3%)