AMD Athlon II X2 280 vs AMD Athlon II X3 460

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 280 and AMD Athlon II X3 460 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 280

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
• Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1462 vs 1395
• 5.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1941 vs 383
• 3.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3272 vs 1013

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 460

• 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 48% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2008 vs 1355

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 280
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 460

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1462 1395
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1355 2008
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1941 383
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	3272 1013

Compare specifications (specs)