AMD Athlon II X3 425e vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 425e and AMD Phenom II X4 B97 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

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
• 3.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1594 vs 430
• 2.6x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3705 vs 1447

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 B97

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
• 1 more threads: 4 vs 3
• Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
• 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 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2535 vs 2239

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 425e
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 B97

PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2239 2535
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1594 430
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	3705 1447

Compare specifications (specs)