Athlon Neo X2 L325: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started Athlon Neo X2 L325 sales 10 September 2009. This is a Congo architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 65 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1500 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is ASB1 processor with a TDP of 18 Watt. It supports DDR2 memory.

Primary details

Athlon Neo X2 L325 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop
Series	2x AMD Athlon Neo
Architecture codename	Congo (2009)
Release date	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2
Boost clock speed	1.5 GHz	of 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
Bus rate	1600 MHz
L2 cache	1 MB	of 86016 KB (EPYC 9634)
Chip lithography	65 nm	of 0.18 µm (K6-2+/450ACZ)
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	of 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Neo X2 L325 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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	ASB1
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Athlon Neo X2 L325. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HyperTransport 3.0, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization Technology
VirusProtect	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Athlon Neo X2 L325's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon Neo X2 L325. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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