Intel Celeron 2950M vs AMD Athlon II X3 425

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Intel Celeron 2950M CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon II X3 425
Intel Celeron 2950M AMD Athlon II X3 425

CPU comparison

Intel Celeron 2950M or AMD Athlon II X3 425 - 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 Intel Celeron 2950M has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 2950M was released in Q4/2013.

The AMD Athlon II X3 425 has 3 cores with 3 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X3 425 was released in Q3/2009.
Intel Celeron (165) Family AMD Athlon II (52)
Intel Celeron 2000 (7) CPU group AMD Athlon II X3 (Rana) (12)
4 Generation 1
Haswell U Architecture Rana
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron 2950M is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz. The AMD Athlon II X3 425 has 3 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.70 GHz.

Intel Celeron 2950M Characteristic AMD Athlon II X3 425
2 Cores 3
2 Threads 3
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 2.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Celeron 2950M Characteristic AMD Athlon II X3 425
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) GPU no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
7.5 GPU Generation --
22 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
10 Compute units --
80 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.1 DirectX Version --

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.

Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Celeron 2950M supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X3 425 can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Celeron 2950M Characteristic AMD Athlon II X3 425
DDR3L-1600 Memory DDR3-1333
32 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.50 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache --
2.0 PCIe version 2.0
16 PCIe lanes --
8.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Celeron 2950M has a TDP of 37 W, that of the AMD Athlon II X3 425 is 95 W.

Intel Celeron 2950M Characteristic AMD Athlon II X3 425
37 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 95 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Celeron 2950M has a 2.00 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon II X3 425 cache has a total of 1.50 MB.

Intel Celeron 2950M Characteristic AMD Athlon II X3 425
22 nm Technology 45 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
BGA 1168 Socket AM3
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2013 Release date Q3/2009
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron 2950M (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 (74%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron 2950M (87%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 (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.
Intel Celeron 2950M Intel Celeron 2950M
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
446 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 AMD Athlon II X3 425
3C 3T @ 2.70 GHz
331 (74%)

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.
Intel Celeron 2950M Intel Celeron 2950M
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
851 (93%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 AMD Athlon II X3 425
3C 3T @ 2.70 GHz
915 (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.
Intel Celeron 2950M Intel Celeron 2950M
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
1267 (80%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 AMD Athlon II X3 425
3C 3T @ 2.70 GHz
1574 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Celeron 2950M Intel Celeron 2950M
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
352 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 AMD Athlon II X3 425
3C 3T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Celeron 2950M Intel Celeron 2950M
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
636 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 AMD Athlon II X3 425
3C 3T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Celeron 2950M Intel Celeron 2950M
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.10 GHz
176 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 AMD Athlon II X3 425
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Celeron 2950M Intel Celeron 2950M
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
79 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 AMD Athlon II X3 425
3C 3T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Celeron 2950M Intel Celeron 2950M
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
154 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 AMD Athlon II X3 425
3C 3T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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