AV-Comparatives AV-Comparatives Performance Test April 2025

[Spartan]

Main Article: Performance Test April 2025

Chart: Comparison

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[Virtuoso]

Excellent test, matches my experience with the new F-Secure, will be moving to Kaspersky soon.

 

[Captain Awesome]

K7 & ESET, Kaspersky

 

[brambedkar59]

Damn, Defender moved to the middle finally. Impressive really.

You can see the progress made since 2021, when it used to be last.

Edit: grammar

 

[Spartan]

Damn, Defender moved to the middle finally. Impressive really.

You can see the progress made from 2021, where it used to be last.

Yes, for the first time in history

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

Avast seems to only improve on the performance and detection maybe I will try moving to avast one day if the trend continues

 

[Sunqfu]

Avast seems to only improve on the performance and detection maybe I will try moving to avast one day if the trend continues

I recommend choosing AVG instead of Avast, at least it's not full of bloatware.

 

[Parkinsond]

I recommend choosing AVG instead of Avast, at least it's not full of bloatware.

and has got a prettier icon

 

[SeriousHoax]

It should be noted that the test was done in this machine,

Intel Core i3 machine with 4GB RAM and SSD drive

I think most regular MT user's PC is more powerful than this. So, the AVs with good results here are likely to perform even better on your PC

 

[Parkinsond]

It should be noted that the test was done in this machine,

I think most regular MT user's PC is more powerful than this. So, the AVs with good results here are likely to perform even better on your PC

One of my two PCs is running core 2 duo

 

[SeriousHoax]

One of my two PCs is running core 2 duo

I remember when a friend of mine bought a Core 2 Duo PC and was flexing to us how fast his PC was. We only had Pentium 4 back then. A few months later my brother also bought Core 2 Duo with an even higher CPU frequency and flexed back to my friend. Lol. Good memories.

 

[Arequire]

It should be noted that the test was done in this machine,

I think most regular MT user's PC is more powerful than this. So, the AVs with good results here are likely to perform even better on your PC

Tfw you've never owned a PC with an SSD.

 

[simmerskool]

Trend Micro seems lighter to me than shown in this test relative to a few others I am familiar with (fwiw).

 

[TuxTalk]

Trend Micro seems lighter to me than shown in this test relative to a few others I am familiar with (fwiw).

Trend for me no Slowness what so ever too.

 

[Pat MacKnife]

Wow Mcafee stays at nr 1 , past week i wanted to try mcafee , but the installer doesn't respond only prompt with uac and than nothing happens , so not possible to install ? . . .
Hmz BitDefender getting heavier al the time

 

[Sunqfu]

Wow Mcafee stays at nr 1 , past week i wanted to try mcafee , but the installer doesn't respond only prompt with uac and than nothing happens , so not possible to install ? . . .
Hmz BitDefender getting heavier al the time

Bitdefender is like an end-of-level boss in video games

 

[roger_m]

As always, the performance impact of antiviruses often varies greatly from one PC to the next, so the performance results may very well be different for you.

 

[Nightwalker]

I recommend choosing AVG instead of Avast, at least it's not full of bloatware.

I have both in different machines and they are the same with skin and minor GUI differences.