Athlon 240GE vs Aubrey Isle
Primary details
Comparing Aubrey Isle and Athlon 240GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1677 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 3.42 |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Series | no data | AMD Athlon |
| Power efficiency | no data | 7.71 |
| Architecture codename | Knights Ferry (2010) | Zen (2017−2020) |
| Release date | 31 May 2010 (14 years ago) | 21 December 2018 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $75 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Aubrey Isle 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 cores | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 128 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.2 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 35 |
| L1 cache | 32 KB (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB (shared) | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 684 mm2 | 209.78 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 2,300 million | 4,800 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Aubrey Isle 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 configuration | 1 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | PCIe x16 | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Aubrey Isle and Athlon 240GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Aubrey Isle and Athlon 240GE are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Aubrey Isle and Athlon 240GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 42.671 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Aubrey Isle and Athlon 240GE.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 31 May 2010 | 21 December 2018 |
| Physical cores | 32 | 2 |
| Threads | 128 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 35 Watt |
Aubrey Isle has 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads.
Athlon 240GE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 757.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Aubrey Isle and Athlon 240GE. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Aubrey Isle is a server/workstation processor while Athlon 240GE is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Aubrey Isle and Athlon 240GE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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