Athlon II X4 651K vs Pentium G2140

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium G2140 and Athlon II X4 651K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2256not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency2.27no data
Architecture codenameno dataLlano (2011−2012)
Release date1 April 2013 (11 years ago)14 November 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium G2140 and Athlon II X4 651K 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed3.3 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache3 MB Intel® Smart Cache0 KB
Chip lithography22 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data228 mm2
Number of transistorsno data1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G2140 and Athlon II X4 651K 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 configuration11
SocketFCLGA1155FM1
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt100 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G2140 and Athlon II X4 651K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
My WiFi-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-

Security technologies

Pentium G2140 and Athlon II X4 651K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key-no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G2140 and Athlon II X4 651K are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G2140 and Athlon II X4 651K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1333, DDR3-1600DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G2140 and Athlon II X4 651K integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G2140 and Athlon II X4 651K.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2013 14 November 2011
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 22 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 100 Watt

Pentium G2140 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 81.8% lower power consumption.

Athlon II X4 651K, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

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