AMD Athlon II X3 425 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 425 and AMD Athlon II X2 240 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 425

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
• 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 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1087 vs 1078
• Around 51% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1587 vs 1050
• Around 28% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 788 vs 618

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 240

• Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
• Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
• Around 6% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 338 vs 320

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 425
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X2 240

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1087 1078
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1587 1050
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	320 338
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	788 618

Compare specifications (specs)