AMD Athlon II X3 425 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 425 and AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. 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 Athlon II X3 425

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 46% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1087 vs 746
• 2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1587 vs 653

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+

• Around 11% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
• Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 425
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1087 746
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1587 653

Compare specifications (specs)