Intel Core i5 M 560 vs AMD Athlon II X3 425

Core i5 M 560 vs Athlon II X3 425 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5 M 560 beats the Athlon II X3 425 in overall performance. 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 i5 M 560 that has 2 cores. Despite this, the Core i5 M 560 has more threads than the Athlon II X3 425. With our hardware info, we find that the Athlon II X3 425 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5 M 560. In terms of cache, the Athlon II X3 425 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5 M 560

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 i5 M 560 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.