Athlon 240GE vs A10-9700

General info

Comparing A10-9700 and Athlon 240GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1689	1541
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	3.65	4.74
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	AMD Athlon
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Zen (2017−2020)
Release date	27 July 2017 (6 years ago)	21 December 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$90	$75
Current price	$112 (1.2x MSRP)	$221 (2.9x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon 240GE has 30% better value for money than A10-9700.

Technical specs

A10-9700 and Athlon 240GE 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	no data	96K (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Die size	246 mm2	209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A10-9700 and Athlon 240GE 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	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	AM4	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-9700 and Athlon 240GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
FRTC	1	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
PowerTune	+	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-9700 and Athlon 240GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-9700 and Athlon 240GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
iGPU core count	6	no data
Enduro	+	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-9700 and Athlon 240GE integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-9700 and Athlon 240GE integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	1	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-9700 and Athlon 240GE.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	8	12

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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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon 240GE outperforms A10-9700 by 28% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	2.29	2.93
Integrated graphics card		2.97
Recency	27 July 2017	21 December 2018
Physical cores	4	2
Cost	$90	$75
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

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