Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs E-300
Primary details
Comparing E-300 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1647 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD E-Series | no data |
| Power efficiency | no data | 7.89 |
| Architecture codename | Zacate (2011−2013) | Dali (2020) |
| Release date | 22 August 2011 (13 years ago) | 21 July 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
E-300 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.3 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | 75 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 95 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on E-300 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FT1 | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E-300 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SVM | no data |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E-300 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E-300 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4-2933 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon HD 6310 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by E-300 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.
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
| Recency | 22 August 2011 | 21 July 2020 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 35 Watt |
E-300 has 94.4% lower power consumption.
Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, 100% more threads, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between E-300 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that E-300 is a notebook processor while Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between E-300 and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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