Ryzen 7 5700U vs Athlon II Neo K325

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon II Neo K325
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 12 Watt
0.26
Ryzen 7 5700U
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 15 Watt
9.96
+3731%

Ryzen 7 5700U outperforms Athlon II Neo K325 by a whopping 3731% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II Neo K325 and Ryzen 7 5700U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3150776
Place by popularitynot in top-10011
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon II NeoAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency2.0562.84
Architecture codenameGeneva (2010)Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II Neo K325 and Ryzen 7 5700U 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 cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speedno data1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed1.3 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus rate2000 MHzno data
Multiplierno data18
L1 cache256 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data156 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II Neo K325 and Ryzen 7 5700U 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
SocketS1FP6
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II Neo K325 and Ryzen 7 5700U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, PowerNow, HyperTransport 3.0MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II Neo K325 and Ryzen 7 5700U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II Neo K325 and Ryzen 7 5700U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II Neo K325 and Ryzen 7 5700U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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 K325 0.26
Ryzen 7 5700U 9.96
+3731%

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 K325 417
Ryzen 7 5700U 15821
+3694%

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 K325 158
Ryzen 7 5700U 1408
+791%

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 K325 287
Ryzen 7 5700U 5461
+1803%

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 K325 1111
Ryzen 7 5700U 5780
+420%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Athlon II Neo K325 2215
Ryzen 7 5700U 31131
+1305%

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 K325 1036
Ryzen 7 5700U 11662
+1026%

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 K325 87.05
Ryzen 7 5700U 3.49
+2394%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Athlon II Neo K325 1
Ryzen 7 5700U 17
+2262%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.26 9.96
Recency 12 May 2010 12 January 2021
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 15 Watt

Athlon II Neo K325 has 25% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 5700U, on the other hand, has a 3730.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 7 5700U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II Neo K325 in performance tests.


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