AMD Athlon II X3 425 & 435 Triple-Core CPU Reviews

• iXBT Labs: AMD Athlon II X3 425, 435 Processors:
  
  

  "As we can see, Athlon II X2 250 can still compete with the E6300, these processors demonstrate similar performance. So the rollout of new triple-core processors based on the new core has consolidated AMD's positions in the market segment of below $100. Quite in time before Christmas. But apparently this was not the only goal. Pay attention to the nearly identical results demonstrated by Athlon II X3 435 and Phenom II X3 710, the latter being more costly to manufacture."

  
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• techPowerUp: AMD Athlon II X3 425 2.70 GHz:
  
  

  "In the end, Athlon II X3 425 left me with mixed feelings. Compared to its main competitor, Intel Pentium E6300, it wins in almost every benchmark, including games, and is still cheaper. Intel lowered the price of its entry-level Quad Core model Q8200, but considering performance compared to Athlon II X4 620 or Athlon II X3 it's still heavily overpriced. Intel's fastest Core 2 Duo E7600 with its 3.06 GHz clock manages to compete with AMD's X3 425 in some not so multi-threaded benchmarks, but as soon as there are more than two cores used during calculations, the E7600 drops behind the Athlon's performance… and it costs almost twice as much as the X3 425.
  
  If Intel doesn't do some serious price adjustments, they have nothing that can compete against AMD's entire Athlon II lineup in the same price segment."

  
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• TechwareLabs: Athlon II X3 435 Triple Core Processor:
  
  

  "The Althon II’s price tags are no joke. The tests seem to have all gone quite well. The overclocking alone is an awesome selling point. With stability at around 3.5GHz just on air (mind that your office/computer area may heat up) is very nice. The X3 435 definitely seems to be a good bang for the buck whether or not you will be overclocking it. Although not the best in terms of performance, obviously it can still do justice for daily work and the average gamer. That sub $90 price for a triple core in this case could go a long way."

  
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