AMD A8-6600K vs AMD Athlon 240GE

Let's find out which one of AMD A8-6600K and AMD Athlon 240GE is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD A8-6600K AMD Athlon 240GE
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  AMD A AMD Athlon
• Generation
  3 5
• CPU group
  AMD A8-6000 AMD Athlon 200

In this block we are going to compare AMD A8-6600K vs AMD Athlon 240GE by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  3.90 GHz 3.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.20 GHz 3.50 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD A8-6600K and AMD Athlon 240GE along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 8570D AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
• GPU frequency
  0.84 GHz 1.10 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  4 3
• Shader
  256 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  5 8
• DirectX Version
  11.2 12
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q1/2018

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD A8-6600K and AMD Athlon 240GE. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between AMD A8-6600K and AMD Athlon 240GE you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1866 DDR4-2666
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD A8-6600K and AMD Athlon 240GE.

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD A8-6600K or AMD Athlon 240GE? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  100 W 35 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD A8-6600K and AMD Athlon 240GE CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Richland (Piledriver) Raven Ridge (Zen+)
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  FM2 AM4
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q3/2018

List of devices based on AMD A8-6600K and AMD Athlon 240GE.

• Used in
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