Pentium Dual-Core E2140 vs Athlon Neo MV-40
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Neo MV-40 and Pentium Dual-Core E2140 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Athlon Neo | no data |
| Architecture codename | Huron (2009) | Allendale (2006−2009) |
| Release date | 6 January 2009 (15 years ago) | June 2007 (17 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Neo MV-40 and Pentium Dual-Core E2140 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 1600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 1 MB (shared) |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | no data | 77 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 105 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Neo MV-40 and Pentium Dual-Core E2140 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | ASB1 | 775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Neo MV-40 and Pentium Dual-Core E2140. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization | no data |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Neo MV-40 and Pentium Dual-Core E2140 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Neo MV-40 and Pentium Dual-Core E2140. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR1, DDR2, 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 65 Watt |
Athlon Neo MV-40 has 333.3% lower power consumption.
Pentium Dual-Core E2140, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
We couldn't decide between Athlon Neo MV-40 and Pentium Dual-Core E2140. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Athlon Neo MV-40 is a notebook processor while Pentium Dual-Core E2140 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Neo MV-40 and Pentium Dual-Core E2140, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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