AMD Athlon 240GE vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e

Let's find out which one of AMD Athlon 240GE and AMD Phenom II X4 905e is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Athlon 240GE AMD Phenom II X4 905e
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Athlon AMD Phenom II
• Generation
  5 4
• CPU group
  AMD Athlon 200 AMD Phenom II - 800/900

In this block we are going to compare AMD Athlon 240GE vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e 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
  3.50 GHz 2.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.50 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Athlon 240GE and AMD Phenom II X4 905e along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  1.10 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  3
• Shader
  192
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  8
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2018

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Athlon 240GE and AMD Phenom II X4 905e. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

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

To choose the best model between AMD Athlon 240GE and AMD Phenom II X4 905e 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
  DDR4-2666 DDR2-1066
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD Athlon 240GE and AMD Phenom II X4 905e.

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Athlon 240GE or AMD Phenom II X4 905e? 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)
  35 W 65 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Athlon 240GE and AMD Phenom II X4 905e CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE3, SSE4a
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Raven Ridge (Zen+) Deneb (K10)
• Technology
  14 nm 45 nm
• Socket
  AM4 AM3
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q1/2009

List of devices based on AMD Athlon 240GE and AMD Phenom II X4 905e.

• Used in
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