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AMD ATHLON II X3 455
"We are testing the Athlon II X3 455 CPU against the Athlon II X4 645 CPU. The Athlon II X3 455 is clocked at 3300Mhz and the Athlon II X4 645 is clocked at 3100Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Athlon II X3 455 and Athlon II X4 645 which are:- Cinebench 10, Cinebench 11, Passmark, Geekbench, Novabench and Nuclearus. Games are Crysis, Hawk 2, Lost Planet 2 and Resident Evil 5."
| SYSTEM INFORMATION | |
| PROCESSOR | AMD ATHLON II X3 455 |
| AMD ATHLON II X4 645 | |
| MOTHERBOARD | FOXCONN A76ML-K 3.0 |
| VIDEO CARD | SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6850 |
| AMD DRIVER | CATALYST v11.9 WHQL |
| MEMORY | PATRIOT 4GB PC3 12800 DDR3 |
| OPERATING SYSTEM | WINDOWS 7 SP1 |
CRYSISNORMAL QUALITY
HIGH QUALITY
AMD ATHLON II X3 455 AMD ATHLON II X4 645 |
COMMENT - "AMD Athlon II X3 455 is 6% slower than the AMD Athlon II X4 645 with Normal Quality and by 4% with High Quality." |
HAWK 2NORMAL QUALITY
HIGH QUALITY
AMD ATHLON II X3 455 AMD ATHLON II X4 645 |
COMMENT - "With Hawk 2 the AMD Athlon II X3 455 loses to the AMD Athlon II X4 645 by 4% with Normal Quality and by 4% with High Quality." |
LOST PLANET 2NORMAL QUALITY
HIGH QUALITY
AMD ATHLON II X3 455 AMD ATHLON II X4 645 |
COMMENT - "The AMD Athlon II X3 455 put in a good performance with Lost Planet 2 but lost by 6% with Normal Quality and by 6% with High Quality against the AMD Athlon II X4 645." |
RESIDENT EVIL 5NORMAL QUALITY
HIGH QUALITY
AMD ATHLON II X3 455 AMD ATHLON II X4 645 |
COMMENT - "The AMD Athlon II X3 455 put in a great performance with Resident Evil 5 winning the Normal Quality test by 4% against the AMD Athlon II X4 645. However when using High Quality the AMD Athlon II X4 645 was able to beat the AMD Athlon II X3 455 by 8%." |
FINAL RESULTCOMMENT - "It was an interesting result for the AMD Athlon II X3 455 when compared to the AMD Athlon II X4 645. The AMD Athlon II X3 455 is 32% cheaper than the AMD Athlon II X4 645 and we wanted to find out if the AMD Athlon II X4 645 was worth the money. The Power Requirement for the AMD Athlon II X3 455 is 22% less than the AMD Athlon II X4 645 at Idle and 8% at Load so in that respect the AMD Athlon II X3 455 is cheaper to run. For General Use the AMD Athlon II X4 645 is 8% faster than the AMD Athlon II X3 455. For Games Use the AMD Athlon II X4 645 is 6% faster than the AMD Athlon II X3 455. The problem for the AMD Athlon II X4 645 is the price which is 32% more than the AMD Athlon II X3 455 which is why the winner of this review is the AMD Athlon II X3 455 which is a bargain. We should also mention that some AMD Athlon II X3 455 Processors can be unlocked into AMD Phenom II X4 955 Processors which will give you a huge speed boost." |
AMD ATHLON II X3 455 SCORES 10/10!AMD ATHLON II X4 645 SCORES 8/10! |
AMD ATHLON II X3 455
| PAGE 1 - AMD ATHLON II X3 455 |
| PAGE 2 - CINEBENCH 10, CINEBENCH 11 AND PASSMARK |
| PAGE 3 - GEEKBENCH, NOVABENCH AND NUCLEARUS |
| PAGE 4 - GAMES AND FINAL RESULT |
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