AMD Athlon II X3 425 vs AMD Athlon II X2 245

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 425 and AMD Athlon II X2 245 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 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 41% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1587 vs 1126
• Around 22% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 788 vs 648

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 245

• Around 7% higher clock speed: 2.9 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 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1134 vs 1087
• Around 12% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 357 vs 320

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 425
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X2 245

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1087 1134
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1587 1126
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	320 357
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	788 648

Compare specifications (specs)