Athlon II M340 vs V-Series V140
Aggregate performance score
Athlon II M340 outperforms V-Series V140 by an impressive 84% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3417 | 3173 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD V-Series | AMD Athlon II |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Caspian (2009) |
| Release date | 4 October 2010 (15 years ago) | 10 September 2009 (16 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
V-Series V140 and Athlon II M340 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on V-Series V140 and Athlon II M340 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.
| Socket | S1 | Socket S1 (S1g3) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 512 KB | 1 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by V-Series V140 and Athlon II M340. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by V-Series V140 and Athlon II M340 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by V-Series V140 and Athlon II M340. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.25 | 0.46 |
| Recency | 4 October 2010 | 10 September 2009 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 512 Watt | 1 Watt |
V-Series V140 has an age advantage of 1 year.
Athlon II M340, on the other hand, has a 84% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 51100% lower power consumption.
The AMD Athlon II M340 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD V-Series V140 in performance tests.
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