Intel Core i3-7100U vs AMD Athlon II X3 425

Core i3-7100U vs Athlon II X3 425 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-7100U 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Athlon II X3 425 has significantly more cores with 3 cores compared to the Core i3-7100U that has 2 cores. Despite this, the Core i3-7100U has more threads than the Athlon II X3 425. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X3 425 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-7100U.

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 i3-7100U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.