AMD FX-6300 vs AMD Athlon II X3 425

Comparative analysis of AMD FX-6300 and AMD Athlon II X3 425 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-6300

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 3
• Around 41% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm SOI vs 45 nm
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 37% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1487 vs 1084
• 2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4219 vs 1576
• Around 65% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 527 vs 320
• 2.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1914 vs 788

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 425

• Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD FX-6300
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 425

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1487 1084
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	4219 1576
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	527 320
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1914 788

Compare specifications (specs)