HD Graphics 520 vs Athlon II X2 240

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X2 240 and HD Graphics 520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2711	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.28	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel HD Graphics
Architecture codename	Regor (2009−2013)	Gen9
Release date	23 July 2009 (15 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$35	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon II X2 240 and HD Graphics 520 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	2 (Dual-core)	no data
Threads	2	no data
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	0.35 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm
Die size	117 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	410 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 240 and HD Graphics 520 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	no data
Socket	AM3	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 240 and HD Graphics 520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	no data	32,768 MB 33,554,432 KB 34,359,738,368 B 0.0313 TiB 32 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 240 and HD Graphics 520.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

45 nm

14 nm

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