Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs Ryzen 9 9955HX
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 9 9955HX outperforms Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE by a whopping 1110% 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 | 158 | 1906 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045) | no data |
| Power efficiency | 24.52 | 3.19 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | GlobalFoundries |
| Architecture codename | Fire Range-HX (Zen 5) (2025) | Picasso (2019−2022) |
| Release date | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) | 21 July 2020 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 9 9955HX 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 | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 32 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 5.4 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| L1 cache | 1.3 MB | 96 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 64 MB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | no data | 12 nm |
| Die size | no data | 210 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4,940 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 9 9955HX 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 | no data | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX 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 Ryzen 9 9955HX and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX 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 | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 2200 MHz) | AMD Radeon Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX 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 | 31.69 | 2.62 |
| Integrated graphics card | 2.61 | 2.72 |
| Recency | 6 January 2025 | 21 July 2020 |
| Physical cores | 16 | 2 |
| Threads | 32 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 35 Watt |
Ryzen 9 9955HX has a 1109.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads.
Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE, on the other hand, has 4.2% faster integrated GPU, and 57.1% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 9 9955HX is a notebook processor while Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is a desktop one.
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