Atom N455 vs Athlon II Neo K125

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon II Neo K125
2010
1 core / 1 thread, 12 Watt
0.20
+66.7%
Atom N455
2010
1 core / 2 threads, 6 Watt
0.12

Athlon II Neo K125 outperforms Atom N455 by an impressive 67% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II Neo K125 and Atom N455 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking32353352
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon II NeoIntel Atom
Power efficiency1.581.62
Architecture codenameGeneva (2010)Pinetrail (2009−2011)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)1 June 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$64

Detailed specifications

Athlon II Neo K125 and Atom N455 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 cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads12
Base clock speedno data1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz1.67 GHz
Bus rate2000 MHz533 MHz
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data66 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data123 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II Neo K125 and Atom N455 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
SocketS1FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt6.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II Neo K125 and Atom N455. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3dDNow!, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, VirtualizationIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-

Security technologies

Athlon II Neo K125 and Atom N455 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II Neo K125 and Atom N455 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II Neo K125 and Atom N455. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data2 GB
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel GMA 3150

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon II Neo K125 0.20
+66.7%
Atom N455 0.12

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.

Athlon II Neo K125 315
+60.7%
Atom N455 196

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.

Athlon II Neo K125 184
+247%
Atom N455 53

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.

Athlon II Neo K125 184
+130%
Atom N455 80

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Athlon II Neo K125 1491
+164%
Atom N455 564

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Athlon II Neo K125 735
+50%
Atom N455 490

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Athlon II Neo K125 90.7
+31.8%
Atom N455 119.5

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.20 0.12
Threads 1 2
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 6 Watt

Athlon II Neo K125 has a 66.7% higher aggregate performance score.

Atom N455, on the other hand, has 100% more threads, and 100% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II Neo K125 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom N455 in performance tests.


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