Intel Core i3-4000M vs AMD Athlon II X3 425

Core i3-4000M vs Athlon II X3 425 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-4000M is faster than the Athlon II X3 425. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon II X3 425 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Athlon II X3 425 has significantly more cores with 3 cores whereas the Core i3-4000M has 2 cores. Despite this, the Core i3-4000M has more threads than the Athlon II X3 425. Our comparison shows that the Athlon II X3 425 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-4000M.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-4000M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.