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AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X3 420e 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.

Is the AMD Athlon II X3 420e Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]


AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.6 GHz

Cores: 3 Threads: 3

Typical TDP: 45 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 3 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 3 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 3 x 512 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 420e Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 13.40

Overall Rank:
3471st fastest in multithreading out of 5062 CPUs
3255th fastest in single threading out of 5062 CPUs
1043rd fastest in out of 1425 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $116.15 USD (2016-10-02)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1557
Single Thread Rating
1058

Samples: 8*
*Margin for error: Medium



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,284
Thread: 895

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Integer Math4,609 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math3,438 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers7 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,923 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption457.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression33,820 KBytes/Sec
Physics140 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions753 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,058 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 9th of April 2025


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

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of April 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,717
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,323
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,046
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,490
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,129
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,869
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,190
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,713
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,647
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,144
AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,557
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K
 137.04
Intel Core i9-12900K
 131.67
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.33
AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 13.40
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,142
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,922
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,564
AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,058
Last 2 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X3 420e
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL1482383 - Dec 20 2021
1523
BL1482375 - Dec 20 2021
1653
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X3 420e
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,557
Intel Core i3-2105 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,837 (+18.0%)
Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,540 (-1.1%)
AMD Phenom II X3 740 vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,424 (-8.5%)
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,964 (+26.2%)
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,855 (+19.1%)
AMD A6-3500 APU vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,439 (-7.6%)
AMD Athlon II X3 405e vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,331 (-14.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,289 (-17.2%)
Intel Core i3-560 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,627 (+4.5%)
AMD A6-3650 APU vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 2,086 (+34.0%)
AMD Athlon II X3 455 vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,899 (+22.0%)
AMD Athlon II X3 450 vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,870 (+20.1%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X3 420e Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,484
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,179
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,339
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,848
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,615
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,516
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,820
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,694
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,523
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,438
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
 9,435
AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 233