AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs AMD Athlon II X3 455

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 270 and AMD Athlon II X3 455 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 270

• CPU is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
• Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
• Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1361 vs 1332
• Around 3% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 396 vs 384

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 455

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 44% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1879 vs 1303
• Around 36% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 999 vs 737

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 270
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 455

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1361 1332
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1303 1879
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	396 384
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	737 999

Compare specifications (specs)