AMD Athlon II X2 240
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AMD Athlon II X2 240 vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050C. Specifications

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Released
Q3/2009
AMD Athlon II X2 240
AMD Athlon II X2 240
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2020-09-22
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AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
AMD Athlon Silver 3050C

What's the best choice AMD Athlon II X2 240 or AMD Athlon Silver 3050C? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Athlon II X2 240 has a base frequency of 2.80 GHz. 2 / 2 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in Q3/2009.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050C has a base frequency of 2.3 GHz. 2 / 2 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 15 W. Released in 2020-09-22.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 22% better clock speed

    2.80 GHz left arrow 2.3 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Athlon II X2 240 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1091 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1179 place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    15 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Athlon Silver 3050C CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    743 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Athlon II X2 240 AMD Athlon II X2 240
AMD Athlon Silver 3050C AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus) left arrow AMD Athlon Silver 3000
  • Family
    AMD Athlon II left arrow Athlon
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 4
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Laptops / Desktops
  • Series
    - left arrow Athlon 3000 Series
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    2.8 GHz left arrow 2.3 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Core Configuration
    2x left arrow -
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 2
  • CPU Threads
    2 left arrow 2
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    - left arrow 3.2 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
    - left arrow 2.3 GHz
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 3.2 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 3
  • Generation
    - left arrow 8
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 1100 MHz
  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 2 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q1/2018
  • Shader
    - left arrow 192
  • Technology
    - left arrow 14 nm
  • Graphics Cores
    - left arrow 2
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Athlon Silver 3050C and AMD Athlon II X2 240. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    16 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR3-1333 left arrow DDR4-2400
  • PCIe
    2.0 left arrow -
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 8
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Athlon II X2 240 and AMD Athlon Silver 3050C Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    - left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow 15 W
  • TDP down
    - left arrow 12 W
  • TDP up
    - left arrow 25 W
  • Configurable TDP
    - left arrow 12-25 W
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 15 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Athlon II X2 240 and AMD Athlon Silver 3050C, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Propus left arrow Dali (Zen)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    2 MB left arrow 1 MB
  • L3-Cache
    - left arrow 4 MB
  • Release date
    Q3/2009 left arrow 2020-09-22
  • Socket
    AM3 left arrow FP5
  • Technology
    45 nm left arrow 14nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Codename
    - left arrow Dali
  • L1-Cache
    - left arrow 0.1875 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    - left arrow YM305CC4T2OFG
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow ChromeOS / Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

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