AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE vs AMD Athlon II X3 425e

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE and AMD Athlon II X3 425e processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory. 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 Phenom II X2 X640 BE

  • Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1.5 MB

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 425e

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
  • 1 more threads: 3 vs 2
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 92% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2239 vs 1165
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 3 vs 2
Number of threads 3 vs 2
L1 cache 384 KB vs 256 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 2239 vs 1165

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 425e

PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1165
2239
Name AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE AMD Athlon II X3 425e
PassMark - Single thread mark 1142 0
PassMark - CPU mark 1165 2239
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1594
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3705

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE AMD Athlon II X3 425e

Essentials

Architecture codename Champlain Rana
Launch date 12 May 2011 May 2011
Place in performance rating 2140 2312
Series 2x AMD Phenom II AMD Athlon II X3
Vertical segment Laptop Desktop
Family AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB AD425EHDGMBOX
OPN Tray AD425EHDK32GM

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz
L1 cache 256 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 1.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 2.7 GHz
Number of cores 2 3
Number of threads 2 3
Base frequency 2.7 GHz
Die size 169 mm
Transistor count 300 million
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Compatibility

Sockets supported S1 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 45 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3