Athlon 240GE vs Athlon 800

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 800 and Athlon 240GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1676
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.42
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Athlon
Power efficiencyno data7.70
Architecture codenameThunderbird (1999−2000)Zen (2017−2020)
Release date20 December 1999 (25 years ago)21 December 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799$75

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon 800 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed0.8 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplierno data35
L1 cache128 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nm14 nm
Die size102 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors22 million4,800 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 800 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAAM4
Power consumption (TDP)43 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 800 and Athlon 240GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 800 and Athlon 240GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 800 and Athlon 240GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AAMD Radeon Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 800 and Athlon 240GE.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 December 1999 21 December 2018
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 180 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 43 Watt 35 Watt

Athlon 240GE has an age advantage of 19 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 22.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 800 and Athlon 240GE. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 800 and Athlon 240GE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


AMD Athlon 800
Athlon 800
AMD Athlon 240GE
Athlon 240GE

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


2.3 3 votes

Rate Athlon 800 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.3 60 votes

Rate Athlon 240GE on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Athlon 800 or Athlon 240GE, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.