AMD Athlon X4 740 vs AMD Athlon II X3 425

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 740 and AMD Athlon II X3 425 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon X4 740

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AMD Athlon II X3 425

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 740

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
• Around 37% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• 2.7x 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 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1355 vs 1087
• Around 66% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2637 vs 1587
• Around 41% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 452 vs 320
• Around 54% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1215 vs 788

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 740
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 425

Compare specifications (specs)