Athlon II Neo K325 vs Athlon II X4 620
Primary details
Comparing Athlon II X4 620 and Athlon II Neo K325 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2283 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 3.43 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Athlon II Neo |
| Power efficiency | 1.27 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Propus (2009−2011) | Geneva (2010) |
| Release date | 16 September 2009 (15 years ago) | 12 May 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $65 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Athlon II X4 620 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.6 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 1.3 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 2000 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 169 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 300 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II X4 620 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 | AM3 | S1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 12 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 620 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 |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| VirusProtect | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 620 and Athlon II Neo K325 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 620 and Athlon II Neo K325. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X4 620 and Athlon II Neo K325.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
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
| Recency | 16 September 2009 | 12 May 2010 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 12 Watt |
Athlon II X4 620 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
Athlon II Neo K325, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, and 691.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Athlon II X4 620 and Athlon II Neo K325. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Athlon II X4 620 is a desktop processor while Athlon II Neo K325 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II X4 620 and Athlon II Neo K325, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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