Pentium 3825U vs Athlon II X4 620e

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X4 620e and Pentium 3825U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2008	2562
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	3.85	5.55
Architecture codename	Propus (2009−2011)	Broadwell-U (2015)
Release date	3 May 2011 (13 years ago)	1 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$161

Detailed specifications

Athlon II X4 620e and Pentium 3825U 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	1.9 GHz
Bus rate	no data	5 GT/s
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	169 mm2	82 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	300 million	1300 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 620e and Pentium 3825U 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	AM3	FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 620e and Pentium 3825U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Smart Response	no data	-
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+

Security technologies

Athlon II X4 620e and Pentium 3825U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+
OS Guard	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 620e and Pentium 3825U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 620e and Pentium 3825U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	16 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel HD Graphics for 5th Generation Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	850 MHz
InTru 3D	no data	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II X4 620e and Pentium 3825U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon II X4 620e and Pentium 3825U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

no data

11.2/12

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X4 620e and Pentium 3825U.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.83	0.88
Recency	3 May 2011	1 March 2015
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt

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