Athlon 240GE vs Ryzen 5 2400G

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 2400G
2018
4 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
5.50
+93%
Athlon 240GE
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.85

Ryzen 5 2400G outperforms Athlon 240GE by an impressive 93% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2400G and Athlon 240GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking11621676
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.113.42
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Athlon
Power efficiency8.007.70
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Zen (2017−2020)
Release date12 February 2018 (6 years ago)21 December 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$169$75

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 5 2400G has 79% better value for money than Athlon 240GE.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2400G 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplier3635
L1 cache128K (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size210 mm2209.78 mm2
Number of transistors4,950 million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2400G 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4AM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Athlon 240GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Athlon 240GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Athlon 240GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/s42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 ( - 1250 MHz)AMD Radeon Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Athlon 240GE.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1212

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 5.50
+93%
Athlon 240GE 2.85

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 8732
+92.9%
Athlon 240GE 4527

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.50 2.85
Integrated graphics card 5.48 2.98
Recency 12 February 2018 21 December 2018
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 5 2400G has a 93% higher aggregate performance score, 83.9% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Athlon 240GE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 2400G is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 240GE in performance tests.


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