Athlon 240GE vs Core i7-2600S

General info

Comparing Core i7-2600S and Athlon 240GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1529	1541
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.28	4.73
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	AMD Athlon
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Zen (2017−2020)
Release date	9 January 2011 (13 years ago)	21 December 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$210	$75
Current price	$408 (1.9x MSRP)	$221 (2.9x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon 240GE has 1589% better value for money than i7-2600S.

Technical specs

Core i7-2600S 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	216 mm2	209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,160 million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-2600S 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	LGA1155	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-2600S and Athlon 240GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Core i7-2600S and Athlon 240GE technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-2600S and Athlon 240GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-2600S and Athlon 240GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	32 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics 2000	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
Quick Sync Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.35 GHz	no data
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-2600S and Athlon 240GE integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-2600S and Athlon 240GE.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Core i7-2600S outperforms Athlon 240GE by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	2.99	2.93
Integrated graphics card		2.97
Recency	9 January 2011	21 December 2018
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	4
Cost	$210	$75
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

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