GX-210JA vs Athlon X4 840

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X4 840 and GX-210JA processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1869not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Series4x AthlonAMD
Power efficiency3.04no data
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)Temash (2013)
Release dateAugust 2014 (10 years ago)23 May 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X4 840 and GX-210JA 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed3.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz1 GHz
L1 cache256K128 KB
L2 cache4 MB1 MB
Chip lithography28 nm28 nm
Die size245 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,411 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X4 840 and GX-210JA 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 configuration1no data
SocketSocket FM2+FT3 BGA
Power consumption (TDP)65 watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X4 840 and GX-210JA. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X4 840 and GX-210JA are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X4 840 and GX-210JA. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X4 840 and GX-210JA.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

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.

Athlon X4 840 3325
+1241%
GX-210JA 248

Pros & cons summary


Recency on August 2014 23 May 2013
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 6 Watt

Athlon X4 840 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

GX-210JA, on the other hand, has 983.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X4 840 and GX-210JA. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon X4 840 is a desktop processor while GX-210JA is a notebook one.


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