AMD Athlon II X3 455 vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-60

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 455 and AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 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 X3 455

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
  • Around 27% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 110 Watt
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1332 vs 912
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1879 vs 709
Specifications (specs)
Launch date December 2010 vs January 2006
Number of cores 3 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 110 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1332 vs 912
PassMark - CPU mark 1879 vs 709

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 FX-60

  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 512 KB (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 455
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 FX-60

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1332
912
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1879
709
Name AMD Athlon II X3 455 AMD Athlon 64 FX-60
PassMark - Single thread mark 1332 912
PassMark - CPU mark 1879 709
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 384
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 999

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X3 455 AMD Athlon 64 FX-60

Essentials

Architecture codename Rana Toledo
Launch date December 2010 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $88
Place in performance rating 2419 2424
Price now $38.99
Value for money (0-100) 20.92
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 169 mm 199 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz 2.6 GHz
Number of cores 3 2
Transistor count 300 million 233 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 939
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 110 Watt