AMD Athlon II X3 425

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X3 425 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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AMD Athlon II X3 425

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.7 GHz

Cores: 3 Threads: 3

Typical TDP: 95 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 3 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 3 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 3 x 512 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 425 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 27.43

Overall Rank:
3886th fastest in multithreading out of 5778 CPUs
3587th fastest in single threading out of 5778 CPUs
1102nd fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $58.34 USD (2021-06-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1601

Single Thread Rating

1087

Samples: 175*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,155
Thread: 905

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon II X3 425

Integer Math	4,706 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,509 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	7 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4,383 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	435.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	35,547 KBytes/Sec
Physics	130 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	845 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,087 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X3 425

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,454
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,301
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,943
Apple M4 10 Core		23,699
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,578
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,091
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,639
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Athlon II X3 425		1,601

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.24
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		126.29
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.64
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.37
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.97
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.62
AMD Athlon II X3 425		27.43
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD Athlon II X3 425		1,087

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X3 425
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3213052 - Jan 14 2026		1694
BL3192113 - Jan 06 2026		1594
BL3189715 - Jan 05 2026		1590
BL2857407 - Aug 23 2025		1654
BL2621776 - May 13 2025		1666

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X3 425
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X3 425		1,601
AMD Phenom II X3 720 vs AMD Athlon II X3 425		1,600 (0.0%)
Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 425		1,517 (-5.2%)
AMD Phenom II X3 B75 vs AMD Athlon II X3 425		1,800 (+12.4%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 425		1,812 (+13.2%)
AMD Phenom 8600 Triple-Core vs AMD Athlon II X3 425		1,267 (-20.8%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Athlon II X3 425		1,236 (-22.8%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 425		2,256 (+41.0%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 425		1,916 (+19.7%)
AMD Phenom 9750 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon II X3 425		1,846 (+15.3%)
AMD A6-3500 APU vs AMD Athlon II X3 425		1,439 (-10.1%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 425		1,011 (-36.9%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X3 425		938 (-41.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X3 425 Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,423
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,793
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,516
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,384
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,259
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,188
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,770
AMD Athlon II X3 425		228

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