AMD ATHLON II X3 455 VS X2 265 We are testing the Athlon II X3 455 CPU against the Athlon II X2 265 CPU. The Athlon II X3 455 is clocked at 3300Mhz and the Athlon II X2 265 is also clocked at 3300Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Athlon II X3 455 and Athlon II X2 265 which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2007, Windows Media Encoder, Dawn of War 2 and Dragon Age Origins. This will be a straight 3 Core vs 2 Core Battle between the AMD Athlon II X3 455 and the AMD Athlon II X2 265 processor."