3020e vs Athlon 240GE

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon 240GE
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.85
+86.3%

Athlon 240GE outperforms 3020e by an impressive 86% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 240GE and 3020e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking16772139
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.42no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD AthlonAMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Power efficiency7.7124.13
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date21 December 2018 (6 years ago)4 August 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$75no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon 240GE and 3020e 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed3.5 GHz1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz2.6 GHz
Multiplier35no data
L1 cache96K (per core)192 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 240GE and 3020e 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketAM4FT5
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 240GE and 3020e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 240GE and 3020e are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 240GE and 3020e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon Vega 3AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 240GE and 3020e.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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 2.85
+86.3%
3020e 1.53

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon 240GE 4527
+86.1%
3020e 2433

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.85 1.53
Recency 21 December 2018 4 August 2020
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 6 Watt

Athlon 240GE has a 86.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more threads.

3020e, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 483.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon 240GE is our recommended choice as it beats the 3020e in performance tests.

Note that Athlon 240GE is a desktop processor while 3020e is a notebook one.


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