Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs Pentium Dual T2390
Aggregate performance score
Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE outperforms Pentium Dual Core T2390 by a whopping 748% 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 | 3353 | 1923 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Pentium Dual Core | no data |
| Power efficiency | no data | 8.06 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | GlobalFoundries |
| Architecture codename | Merom (2006−2008) | Picasso (2019−2022) |
| Release date | 1 March 2008 (17 years ago) | 21 July 2020 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium Dual Core T2390 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.86 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus rate | 533 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 96 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | 143 mm2 | 210 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | 291 Million | 4,940 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Dual Core T2390 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 configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | PPGA478 | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 MB | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4-2933 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 8 |
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 | 0.31 | 2.63 |
| Recency | 1 March 2008 | 21 July 2020 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 Watt | 35 Watt |
Pentium Dual T2390 has 3400% lower power consumption.
Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE, on the other hand, has a 748.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, 100% more threads, and a 441.7% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Dual Core T2390 in performance tests.
Be aware that Pentium Dual Core T2390 is a notebook processor while Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is a desktop one.
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