Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs Celeron B730
Aggregate performance score
Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE outperforms Celeron B730 by a whopping 689% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Celeron B730 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3029 | 1652 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Celeron | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.00 | 7.90 |
| Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) | Dali (2020) |
| Release date | 1 July 2012 (12 years ago) | 21 July 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $70 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Celeron B730 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE 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 | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 2.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 5 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 18 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 1.5 MB (shared) | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | 131 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | 504 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron B730 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE 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 (Uniprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | G2 (988B) | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron B730 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
Security technologies
Celeron B730 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron B730 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-x | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron B730 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4-2933 |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 21.335 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) (650 - 1000 MHz) | AMD Radeon Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron B730 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.37 | 2.92 |
| Integrated graphics card | 0.34 | 2.98 |
| Recency | 1 July 2012 | 21 July 2020 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 12 nm |
Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE has a 689.2% higher aggregate performance score, 776.5% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 166.7% more advanced lithography process.
The Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron B730 in performance tests.
Be aware that Celeron B730 is a notebook processor while Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron B730 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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