AMD Phenom II X4 840
AMD Athlon II X2 240
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AMD Phenom II X4 840 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q1/2011
AMD Phenom II X4 840
AMD Phenom II X4 840
Released
Q3/2009
Overall score
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AMD Athlon II X2 240
AMD Athlon II X2 240

What's the best choice AMD Phenom II X4 840 or AMD Athlon II X2 240? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Phenom II X4 840 has a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 95 W. Released in Q1/2011.

AMD Athlon II X2 240 has a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. 2 / 2 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q3/2009.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1390 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 13% better clock speed

    3.20 GHz left arrow 2.80 GHz
  • More number of cores

    2 times more cores

    4 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Phenom II X4 840 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    874 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    699 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1219 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1191 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    701 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    539 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    710 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    506 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    969 place
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.68 times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 95 W

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)
    1271 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1436 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Phenom II X4 840 AMD Phenom II X4 840
AMD Athlon II X2 240 AMD Athlon II X2 240
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Phenom II left arrow AMD Athlon II
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 1
  • CPU group
    AMD Phenom II - 800/900 left arrow AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus)
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.20 GHz left arrow 2.80 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
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.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Athlon II X2 240 and AMD Phenom II X4 840. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR2-1066 left arrow DDR3-1333
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 16 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Phenom II X4 840 and AMD Athlon II X2 240 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    95 W left arrow 65 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Phenom II X4 840 and AMD Phenom II X4 840, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow AMD-V
  • ISA extensions
    SSE3, SSE4a left arrow MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 2.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    2.00 MB left arrow --
  • Architecture
    Deneb (K10) left arrow Propus
  • Technology
    45 nm left arrow 45 nm
  • Socket
    AM3 left arrow AM3
  • Release date
    Q1/2011 left arrow Q3/2009

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Phenom II X4 840 and AMD Athlon II X2 240.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
388
AMD Phenom II X4 840
373
AMD Athlon II X2 240
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1294
AMD Phenom II X4 840
707
AMD Athlon II X2 240

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