AMD Athlon 240GE vs Athlon 64 X2 FX-60

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Combined performance score

Athlon 64 X2 FX-60
0.60

Athlon 240GE outperforms Athlon 64 X2 FX-60 by 392% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 FX-60 and Athlon 240GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking26481530
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data4.84
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Series2x Athlon 64 (Desktop)AMD Athlon
Architecture codenameToledo (2006)Zen (2017−2020)
Release dateno data21 December 2018 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$75
Current priceno data$221 (2.9x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Athlon 64 X2 FX-60 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus support1000 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data209.78 mm2
Number of transistorsno data4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 FX-60 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataAM4
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 FX-60 and Athlon 240GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NIno data+
FMAno data+
AVXno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 FX-60 and Athlon 240GE are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 FX-60 and Athlon 240GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 X2 FX-60 and Athlon 240GE.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.60 2.95
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 90 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 35 Watt

The Athlon 240GE is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 64 X2 FX-60 in performance tests.


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