Athlon Silver 10 vs Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
Aggregate performance score
Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE outperforms Athlon Silver 10 by a substantial 31% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1950 | 2131 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Power efficiency | 3.19 | 5.69 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Picasso (2019−2022) | Mendocino (2025) |
| Release date | 21 July 2020 (5 years ago) | 1 October 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Athlon Silver 10 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 96 KB (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 2 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 210 mm2 | 100 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 95 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4,940 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Athlon Silver 10 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 | AM4 | FT6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Athlon Silver 10. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Athlon Silver 10 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Athlon Silver 10. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | LPDDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Vega 3 | AMD Radeon 610M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Athlon Silver 10.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 8 | 4 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.64 | 2.02 |
| Integrated graphics card | 2.75 | 2.88 |
| Recency | 21 July 2020 | 1 October 2025 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE has a 30.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more threads.
Athlon Silver 10, on the other hand, has 4.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.
The AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon Silver 10 in performance tests.
Note that Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 10 is a notebook one.
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