Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs Phenom II X3 P840

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Aggregate performance score

Phenom II X3 P840
2010
3 cores / 3 threads, 25 Watt
0.85
Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
3.01
+254%

Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE outperforms Phenom II X3 P840 by a whopping 254% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X3 P840 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25781648
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series3x AMD Phenom IIno data
Power efficiency3.117.87
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Dali (2020)
Release date4 October 2010 (14 years ago)21 July 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X3 P840 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 cores3 (Tri-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads34
Base clock speedno data3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache384 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm12 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 P840 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1AM4
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 P840 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsVirtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a)no data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 P840 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 P840 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2933

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X3 P840 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE.

PCIe versionno data4.0

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.85 3.01
Recency 4 October 2010 21 July 2020
Physical cores 3 2
Threads 3 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 35 Watt

Phenom II X3 P840 has 50% more physical cores, and 40% lower power consumption.

Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE, on the other hand, has a 254.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 33.3% more threads, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.

The Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X3 P840 in performance tests.

Be aware that Phenom II X3 P840 is a notebook processor while Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X3 P840 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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