AMD Athlon II X3 425 VS Intel Pentium G3250

Comparing AMD Athlon II X3 425 vs Intel Pentium G3250

Comparison of video cards AMD Athlon II X3 425 vs Intel Pentium G3250 in benchmarks and specifications.

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Differences

Top features of AMD Athlon II X3 425

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Top features of Intel Pentium G3250

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Higher clock speed

3.20 GHz 2.70 GHz

Around 16% better clock speed
Performance per watt

53 W 95 W

About 0.56 times less performance per watt

Specifications

Complete list of technical specifications

AMD Athlon II X3 425 Intel Pentium G3250

CPU generation and family

Let's find out which one of AMD Athlon II X3 425 and Intel Pentium G3250 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

Specification	Value
Name	AMD Athlon II X3 425 Intel Pentium G3250
Family	AMD Athlon II Intel Pentium
CPU group	AMD Athlon II X3 (Rana) Intel Pentium G3000
Segment	Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
Generation	1 5

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

In this block we are going to compare AMD Athlon II X3 425 vs Intel Pentium G3250 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

Specification	Value
Core architecture	normal normal
Overclocking	No No
Frequency	2.70 GHz 3.20 GHz

Internal Graphics

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Athlon II X3 425 and Intel Pentium G3250 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

Specification	Value
GPU name	no iGPU Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo)	No turbo 1.10 GHz
Execution units	10
Shader	80
Max. displays	3
Generation	7.5
Technology	22 nm
Release date	Q4/2012

Hardware codec support

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Athlon II X3 425 and Intel Pentium G3250. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

Specification	Value
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No No
h264	No Decode / Encode
VP8	No No
VP9	No No
AV1	No No
AVC	No Decode / Encode
VC-1	No Decode
JPEG	No Decode

Memory & PCIe

To choose the best model between AMD Athlon II X3 425 and Intel Pentium G3250 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

Specification	Value
Memory type	DDR3-1333 DDR3-1333
Max. Memory	16 GB
Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel) 2
ECC	No Yes

Thermal Management

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Athlon II X3 425 or Intel Pentium G3250? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

Specification	Value
TDP (PL1)	95 W 53 W

Technical details

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Athlon II X3 425 and Intel Pentium G3250 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

Specification	Value
Technology	45 nm 14 nm
Socket	AM3 LGA 1150
L2-Cache	1.50 MB --
L3-Cache	-- 3.00 MB
Architecture	Rana Haswell S
Virtualization	AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date	Q3/2009 Q3/2014