Athlon II X2 240 vs Athlon II X2 240e

Place in performance ranking	2616	2596
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	3.61	3.28
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Regor (2009−2013)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	October 2009 (14 years ago)	July 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$35	$35
Current price	$60 (1.7x MSRP)	$25 (0.7x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon II X2 240e has 10% better value for money than Athlon II X2 240.

Technical specs

Athlon II X2 240e and Athlon II X2 240 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.8 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	117 mm²	117 mm²
Number of transistors	410 million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 240e and Athlon II X2 240 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
Socket	AM3	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	65 Watt

Memory specs

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

Supported memory types

DDR3

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 II X2 240e 0.65

Athlon II X2 240 0.67
+3.1%

Athlon II X2 240 outperforms Athlon II X2 240e by 3% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon II X2 240e 1002

Athlon II X2 240 1032
+3%

Athlon II X2 240 outperforms Athlon II X2 240e by 3% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Athlon II X2 240e 364
+23%

Athlon II X2 240 296

Athlon II X2 240e outperforms Athlon II X2 240 by 23% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Athlon II X2 240e 683
+33.1%

Athlon II X2 240 513

Athlon II X2 240e outperforms Athlon II X2 240 by 33% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.