AMD Athlon 2 X3 435

3
Cores
3
Threads
2.9 GHz
Base Clock
Socket AM3
Socket
95 W
TDP
No iGPU
Graphics
Release date:Oct 9, 2009Price at Launch:$160
Cores:3Threads:3
Base Clock:2.9 GHzType:Desktop
Multithreading:NoL2 Cache:3 × 512 KB
L3 Cache:0 MBBox Cooler:Yes
TDP:95 WSocket:Socket AM3
Memory Support:DDR3-1333Codename:Rana (K10)
Process Size:45 nmIntegrated Graphics:No
NPU:NoPCIe Support:PCIe 2.0

Reviews and Ratings

76

Average Score

Based on 7 reviews

Reviewers Liked

  • Stable performance
  • Low TDP
  • Good performance for the money
  • Might Be Able To Unlock The 4th Core
  • Runs Cool Enough
  • Am2Backward Compatible
  • Inexpensive
  • Overclocks Well
  • Good overall performance
  • Price

Reviewers Didn't Like

  • Overclocking
  • Alot of similar cpu's on the market already
  • Not A Top Performer
  • Might Not Be Able To Unlock the 4th Core
  • Draws more power than AMD's new energy-efficient CPUs
60

AMD's Range The Athlon II family was unveiled in June 2009 with the X2 200 series the first to become available, followed up by the X3 400, released in October 2009.The Athlon X3 400 CPUs are based on the K10 architecture, with three cores, 1.5 MB...

By DigitalVersus on
80

Last month saw me going slightly giddy over AMD's latest budget chip and the first quad-core CPU we'd seen for under a ton. This month, as is its wont, AMD has got its triple-core Athlon II X3 mojo going and its latest chip is hitting the...

By TechRadar on
85

AMD is cranking out processors in every price range and market segment faster than most of us can keep track of. They've released everything from dual core Athlon 2 X2 to Quad core Phenom 2 X4 and done so in an almost impossibly fast schedule. The...

By bjorn3d.com on
74

AMD's Athlon II X3 435 processor is a natural successor to the Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition that launched nearly a year ago. While the 720BE has an extra 6MB of L3 cache and an unlocked multiplier, in PCSTATS' benchmark testing the Athlon II...

By PCStats on
94

What more can you say other than if you want a sub-$200 processor AMD is really the place to be. They are unmatched by Intel and will be until at least sometime into 2010. One bad thing is that all these part names are a little confusing the model...

By AMDZone on
81

For those who don't edit video or often use multi-threaded programs, this triple-core CPU offers performance similar to costlier quad-core CPUs....

By Computer Shopper on

There's no question that AMD's pricing strategy with these five new chips was aggressive and intelligent, with all the CPUs except the Phenom II X4 910e priced below Intel's recent Core i5 and Core i3 offerings. But, at least in our tests,...

By ExtremeTech on

Throughout all of our performance results, we saw both the 435 and 240e fall well behind all of the other processors in our line-up, but of all the near-20 processors in these charts, these two CPUs from AMD are only two of the four in our chart that...

By Techgage on

PCWizKid was interested in seeing how well the standard 95W CPU triple core would result, and as expected it lied exactly in between a Ahlon II X2 and a X4. To no surprise power consumption was low and temperature readings as seen in the video review...

By PCWizKid's Tech Talk on

This cpu can be bought for about 80$ but is it worth it? I would personally go for the 620 which cost 20$ more but performs a bit better. You can overclock this unit though to the same speeds and it might even be possible to unlock a fourth core, I...

By Rbmods.com on

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...

By TechwareLabs on

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...

By iXBT Labs on