AMD A4-3420 vs AMD Athlon II X3 425

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-3420 and AMD Athlon II X3 425 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-3420

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
• Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1113 vs 1084
• Around 8% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 345 vs 320

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 425

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 50% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1576 vs 1054
• Around 29% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 788 vs 612

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-3420
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 425

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1113 1084
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1054 1576
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	345 320
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	612 788

Compare specifications (specs)