Ryzen 3 5425U vs Athlon X2 QL-60

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 QL-60 and Ryzen 3 5425U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	890
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	2x AMD Athlon	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codename	Lion (2008−2009)	Barcelo-U (Zen 3)
Release date	3 June 2008 (15 years ago)	6 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price	$8.83	no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 QL-60 and Ryzen 3 5425U 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	no data	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.9 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus support	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	180 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	no data	10,700 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-60 and Ryzen 3 5425U 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	S1	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Ryzen 3 5425U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	no data	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
PowerNow	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Ryzen 3 5425U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Ryzen 3 5425U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Ryzen 3 5425U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

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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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 June 2008	6 January 2022
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	65 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

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