Athlon Neo X2 L325 vs Pentium G850

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G850 and Athlon Neo X2 L325 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2525	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	19.07	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	2x AMD Athlon Neo
Power efficiency	1.32	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Congo (2009)
Release date	22 May 2011 (13 years ago)	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$27	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium G850 and Athlon Neo X2 L325 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	2
Base clock speed	2.9 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.9 GHz	1.5 GHz
Bus rate	no data	1600 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Die size	131 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G850 and Athlon Neo X2 L325 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	FCLGA1155	ASB1
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G850 and Athlon Neo X2 L325. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	HyperTransport 3.0, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization Technology
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium G850 and Athlon Neo X2 L325 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G850 and Athlon Neo X2 L325 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G850 and Athlon Neo X2 L325. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR2
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G850 and Athlon Neo X2 L325 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G850 and Athlon Neo X2 L325.

PCIe version

2.0

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Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	22 May 2011	10 September 2009
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	18 Watt

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