Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs A10-9700

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Aggregate performance score

A10-9700
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
2.30
Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
3.00
+30.4%

Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE outperforms A10-9700 by a substantial 30% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A10-9700 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17971626
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.64no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Dali (2020)
Release date27 July 2017 (7 years ago)21 July 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$90no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A10-9700 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.5 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm12 nm
Die size250 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °C95 °C
Number of transistors3,100 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A10-9700 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketAM4AM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-9700 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
PowerTune+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-9700 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-9700 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2933
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R7 GraphicsAMD Radeon RX Vega 3
iGPU core count6no data
Enduro+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-9700 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-9700 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-9700 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes8no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A10-9700 2.30
Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE 3.00
+30.4%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A10-9700 3546
Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE 4633
+30.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.30 3.00
Recency 27 July 2017 21 July 2020
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

A10-9700 has 100% more physical cores.

Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE, on the other hand, has a 30.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is our recommended choice as it beats the A10-9700 in performance tests.


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