GX-210JA vs Athlon II Neo K125

Place in the ranking	3235	3305
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon II Neo	AMD
Power efficiency	1.58	2.52
Architecture codename	Geneva (2010)	Temash (2013)
Release date	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II Neo K125 and GX-210JA 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Boost clock speed	1.7 GHz	1 GHz
Bus rate	2000 MHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II Neo K125 and GX-210JA 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.

Socket	S1	FT3 BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II Neo K125 and GX-210JA. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3dDNow!, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II Neo K125 and GX-210JA are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II Neo K125 and GX-210JA. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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
+25%

GX-210JA 0.16

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
+27%

GX-210JA 248

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.20	0.16
Recency	12 May 2010	23 May 2013
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	6 Watt

Athlon II Neo K125 has a 25% higher aggregate performance score.

GX-210JA, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II Neo K125 is our recommended choice as it beats the GX-210JA in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II Neo K125 and GX-210JA, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.