AMD Athlon II X3 425 vs Intel Celeron G3950

Last updated: 2023-05-10

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon II X3 425		Intel Celeron G3950
CPU comparison AMD Athlon II X3 425 or Intel Celeron G3950 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Athlon II X3 425 has 3 cores with 3 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X3 425 was released in Q3/2009. The Intel Celeron G3950 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron G3950 was released in Q1/2017.

AMD Athlon II (52)	Family	Intel Celeron (165)
AMD Athlon II X3 (Rana) (12)	CPU group	Intel Celeron G3000 6. Gen. (6)
1	Generation	6
Rana	Architecture	Skylake S
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Athlon II X3 425 has 3 CPU cores and can calculate 3 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon II X3 425 is 2.70 GHz while the Intel Celeron G3950 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron G3950 is at 3.00 GHz.
AMD Athlon II X3 425	Characteristic	Intel Celeron G3950
3	Cores	2
3	Threads	2
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.70 GHz	Frequency	3.00 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Athlon II X3 425	Characteristic	Intel Celeron G3950
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Athlon II X3 425 or Intel Celeron G3950 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 610
	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.05 GHz
--	GPU Generation	9.5
	Technology	14 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	12
--	Shader	96
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
--	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 610
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Athlon II X3 425 can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The Intel Celeron G3950 supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 34.1 GB/s.
AMD Athlon II X3 425	Characteristic	Intel Celeron G3950
DDR3-1333	Memory	DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
16 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	34.1 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
1.50 MB	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	2.00 MB
2.0	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	16
--	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon II X3 425 is 95 W, while the Intel Celeron G3950 has a TDP of 51 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Athlon II X3 425	Characteristic	Intel Celeron G3950
95 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	51 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Athlon II X3 425 is manufactured in 45 nm and has 1.50 MB cache. The Intel Celeron G3950 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.
AMD Athlon II X3 425	Characteristic	Intel Celeron G3950
45 nm	Technology	14 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
AM3	Socket	LGA 1151
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2009	Release date	Q1/2017
--	Release price	49 $

show more data		show more data

AMD Athlon II X3 425 3C 3T @ 2.70 GHz buy now on Amazon and save! Intel Celeron G3950 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz buy now on Amazon and save!

Rate these processors

Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X3 425 (43%)

Intel Celeron G3950 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X3 425 (64%)

Intel Celeron G3950 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X3 425 3C 3T @ 2.70 GHz	331 (43%)
	Intel Celeron G3950 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	777 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X3 425 3C 3T @ 2.70 GHz	915 (62%)
	Intel Celeron G3950 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	1470 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Athlon II X3 425 3C 3T @ 2.70 GHz	1574 (65%)
	Intel Celeron G3950 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	2410 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Athlon II X3 425 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron G3950 Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz	202 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X3 425 3C 3T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron G3950 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	127 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X3 425 3C 3T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron G3950 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	228 (100%)

Devices using this processor
AMD Athlon II X3 425	Intel Celeron G3950
Unknown	Unknown

Popular comparisons containing this CPUs


1.		Intel Celeron G3930 vs Intel Celeron G3950
2.		Intel Celeron G3950 vs Intel Pentium G4560
3.		Intel Core i3-7100 vs Intel Celeron G3950
4.		Intel Celeron G3950 vs Intel Pentium G4600
5.		Intel Pentium G4620 vs Intel Celeron G3950
6.		Intel Celeron G3950 vs Intel Pentium G4400
7.		Intel Celeron G3950 vs Intel Pentium G3258
8.		Intel Celeron G3950 vs Intel Core i7-5775C
9.		Intel Core i5-2500k vs Intel Celeron G3950
10.		Intel Celeron G3950 vs AMD Athlon 5350