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AMD Athlon II X3 450: specs and benchmarks
Price now
28$
Games supported
62%
- Interface
- Core clock speed
- Max video memory
- Memory type
- Memory clock speed
- Maximum resolution
Year of release
2010
Performance
1.46
Summary
AMD started AMD Athlon II X3 450 sales 21 September 2010 at a recommended price of $45. This is a Rana architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 3 cores and 3 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3.2 and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM3 processor with a TDP of 95 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at
1.46%
of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 9654.
General info
Athlon II X3 450 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance rating | 2069 | |
| Value for money | 4.89 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Rana (2009−2011) | |
| Release date | 21 September 2010 (12 years old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $45 | of 305 (Core i7-870) |
| Current price | $28 (0.6x MSRP) | of 25332 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Value for money
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 3 (Tri-Core) | |
| Threads | 3 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.2 GHz | of 4.7 (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | of 7.3 (Ryzen 9 7900) |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | of 1536 (EPYC Embedded 3401) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | of 12288 (Core 2 Quad Q9550) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 32768 (Ryzen Threadripper 1998) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | of 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
| Die size | 169 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 300 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II X3 450 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8160M) |
| Socket | AM3 | |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 95 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Athlon II X3 450's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5 (EPYC 9654) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon II X3 450. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
- Passmark
- GeekBench 5 Single-Core
- GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
- 3DMark Fire Strike Physics
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 67%
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 37%
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 37%
3DMark Fire Strike Physics
Benchmark coverage: 4%
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Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of Athlon II X3 450. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
| Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) | 3.2 Mh/s |
Relative perfomance
Overall Athlon II X3 450 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.
Athlon II X3 450 Intel equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Athlon II X3 450 by Intel is Core 2 Quad Q6600, which is slower by 1% and lower by 12 positions in our rating.
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Best GPU for Athlon II X3 450
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Athlon II X3 450, according to our PC configuration statistics.
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2.8%
These are the fastest graphics cards for Athlon II X3 450 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 2785 configurations based on Athlon II X3 450 in our database.
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