Ryzen 7 5825C vs Athlon II X4 640

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X4 640 and Ryzen 7 5825C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2214not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.92no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency1.40no data
Architecture codenamePropus (2009−2011)Barcelo (Zen 3) (2022−2023)
Release date11 May 2010 (14 years ago)5 May 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$80no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II X4 640 and Ryzen 7 5825C 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads416
Base clock speed3 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm
Die size169 mm2180 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors300 million10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 640 and Ryzen 7 5825C 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 configuration11
SocketAM3FP6
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 640 and Ryzen 7 5825C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 640 and Ryzen 7 5825C are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 640 and Ryzen 7 5825C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-3200

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2000 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X4 640 and Ryzen 7 5825C.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 May 2010 5 May 2022
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 7 5825C has an age advantage of 11 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 533.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II X4 640 and Ryzen 7 5825C. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon II X4 640 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 5825C is a notebook one.


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