Athlon II Neo K325 vs Ryzen 5 8600G
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 8600G outperforms Athlon II Neo K325 by a whopping 5616% 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 | 564 | 3421 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 52.56 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Athlon II Neo |
| Power efficiency | 23.61 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | no data |
| Architecture codename | Phoenix (2023−2024) | Geneva (2010) |
| Release date | 8 January 2024 (1 year ago) | 12 May 2010 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 8600G and Athlon II Neo K325 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 12 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 4.3 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 5 GHz | 1.3 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 2000 MHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 178 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 25,000 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 8600G and Athlon II Neo K325 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 | AM5 | S1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 1 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Athlon II Neo K325. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, PowerNow, HyperTransport 3.0 |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| VirusProtect | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Athlon II Neo K325 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Athlon II Neo K325. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 760M | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Athlon II Neo K325.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | no data |
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 14.29 | 0.25 |
| Recency | 8 January 2024 | 12 May 2010 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 2 |
| Threads | 12 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 1 Watt |
Ryzen 5 8600G has a 5616% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon II Neo K325, on the other hand, has 6400% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 5 8600G is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon II Neo K325 in performance tests.
Note that Ryzen 5 8600G is a desktop processor while Athlon II Neo K325 is a notebook one.
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