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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:
3840th fastest in multithreading out of 5487 CPUs
3590th fastest in single threading out of 5487 CPUs
1101st fastest in out of 1484 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 11th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of December 2025


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

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of December 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 11th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
 58,548
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,356
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 38,952
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,148
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,544
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,109
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,685
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,144
AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,557
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 11th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 282.23
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 160.91
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 159.58
Intel Core i9-14900K
 133.16
Intel Core i5-12400F
 122.16
Intel Core i9-13900K
 106.30
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 53.74
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
Single Thread Rating
As of 11th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
 4,696
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,889
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,561
AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,058
Last 3 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X3 420e
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2708557 - Jun 20 2025
1661
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 11th of December 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
 1,846 (+18.5%)
Intel Core i3-550 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,632 (+4.8%)
Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,555 (-0.1%)
AMD Phenom II X3 740 vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,424 (-8.5%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,839 (+18.1%)
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
 1,299 (-16.6%)
Intel Celeron G550 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,275 (-18.1%)
Intel Core i3-560 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,642 (+5.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 265 vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 1,324 (-14.9%)
Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 4,140 (+165.9%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X3 420e Good for Gaming?
As of 11th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,444
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,255
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,796
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,513
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,448
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,270
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D
 10,246
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,670
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,477
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,412
AMD Athlon II X3 420e
 233