AMD Athlon II X3 425e vs AMD Athlon II X4 620e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 425e and AMD Athlon II X4 620e 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 425e

  • Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.7 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
Maximum frequency 2.7 GHz vs 2.6 GHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 620e

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
  • 1 more threads: 4 vs 3
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2906 vs 2239
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 3
Number of threads 4 vs 3
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 1.5 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 2906 vs 2239

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 425e
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 620e

PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2239
2906
Name AMD Athlon II X3 425e AMD Athlon II X4 620e
PassMark - Single thread mark 0 0
PassMark - CPU mark 2239 2906
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1594
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3705

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X3 425e AMD Athlon II X4 620e

Essentials

Architecture codename Rana Propus
Family AMD Athlon Processors AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date May 2011 May 2011
OPN PIB AD425EHDGMBOX AD620EHDGMBOX
OPN Tray AD425EHDK32GM AD620EHDK42GM
Place in performance rating 2312 3316
Series AMD Athlon II X3 AMD Athlon II X4
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.7 GHz 2.7 GHz
Die size 169 mm 169 mm
L1 cache 384 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1.5 MB 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 2.7 GHz 2.6 GHz
Number of cores 3 4
Number of threads 3 4
Transistor count 300 million 300 million
Unlocked

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 45 Watt