AMD Athlon II X3 455 vs AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W)

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 455 and AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W) 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 455

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
  • Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 125 Watt
Launch date December 2010 vs April 2010
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 125 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W)

  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 3
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 5.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 2028 vs 384
  • 7.6x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 7615 vs 999
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 3
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2028 vs 384
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7615 vs 999

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 455
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W)

Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
384
2028
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
999
7615
Name AMD Athlon II X3 455 AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W)
PassMark - Single thread mark 1332
PassMark - CPU mark 1879
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 384 2028
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 999 7615
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.563
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 15.951
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.726
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X3 455 AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W)

Essentials

Architecture codename Rana Thuban
Launch date December 2010 April 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $88
Place in performance rating 2419 2421
Price now $38.99
Value for money (0-100) 20.92
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 169 mm 346 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz 2.8 GHz
Number of cores 3 6
Transistor count 300 million 904 million
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 125 Watt