Ryzen 5 4600H vs Athlon II X3 455

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon II X3 455
2010
3 cores / 3 threads, 95 Watt
1.18
Ryzen 5 4600H
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
9.08
+669%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms Athlon II X3 455 by a whopping 669% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X3 455 and Ryzen 5 4600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2367849
Place by popularitynot in top-10064
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.52no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency1.1819.10
Architecture codenameRana (2009−2011)Renoir-H (Zen 2) (2020)
Release date7 December 2010 (14 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$88no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II X3 455 and Ryzen 5 4600H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores3 (Tri-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads312
Base clock speed3.3 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4 GHz
Multiplierno data30
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm
Die size169 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors300 million9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X3 455 and Ryzen 5 4600H compatibility with other computer components: 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 configuration11
SocketAM3FP6
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X3 455 and Ryzen 5 4600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X3 455 and Ryzen 5 4600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X3 455 and Ryzen 5 4600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Maximum memory bandwidthno data68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X3 455 and Ryzen 5 4600H.

PCIe version2.03.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark 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.

Athlon II X3 455 1.18
Ryzen 5 4600H 9.08
+669%

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.

Athlon II X3 455 1879
Ryzen 5 4600H 14418
+667%

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.

Athlon II X3 455 348
Ryzen 5 4600H 1373
+295%

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.

Athlon II X3 455 855
Ryzen 5 4600H 5111
+498%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.18 9.08
Recency 7 December 2010 6 January 2020
Physical cores 3 6
Threads 3 12
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 5 4600H has a 669.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 111.1% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 4600H is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II X3 455 in performance tests.

Note that Athlon II X3 455 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 4600H is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II X3 455 and Ryzen 5 4600H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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