Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs Phenom II X3 P840
Aggregate performance score
Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE outperforms Phenom II X3 P840 by a whopping 256% 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 ranking | 2583 | 1652 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | 3x AMD Phenom II | no data |
| Power efficiency | 3.10 | 7.90 |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Dali (2020) |
| Release date | 4 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 cores | 3 (Tri-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 3 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.9 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | 96K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1.5 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 12 nm |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 95 °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 configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | S1 | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 35 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 extensions | Virtualization, 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 types | DDR3 | 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 Phenom II X3 P840 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.82 | 2.92 |
| 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 256.1% 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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