Intel Core i3-540 vs AMD A9-9425

Core i3-540 vs A9-9425 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-540 is faster than the A9-9425. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A9-9425 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-540 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A9-9425 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-540. The A9-9425 outputs less heat than Core i3-540 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-540 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.