Athlon II Neo K125 vs Ryzen 5 5500GT
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon II Neo K125 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 585 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Athlon II Neo |
| Architecture codename | Cezanne (2021−2024) | Geneva (2010) |
| Release date | 8 January 2024 (less than a year ago) | 12 May 2010 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon II Neo K125 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 12 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 3.6 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 4.4 GHz | 1.7 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 2000 MHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 180 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 95 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 10,700 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon II Neo K125 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 | no data |
| Socket | AM4 | S1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 12 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon II Neo K125. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, 3dDNow!, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| VirusProtect | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon II Neo K125 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon II Neo K125. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Vega 7 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon II Neo K125.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 January 2024 | 12 May 2010 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 1 |
| Threads | 12 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 12 Watt |
Ryzen 5 5500GT has an age advantage of 13 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon II Neo K125, on the other hand, has 441.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon II Neo K125. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Ryzen 5 5500GT is a desktop processor while Athlon II Neo K125 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon II Neo K125, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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