AMD Athlon 240GE vs AMD A10-6790K

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 240GE and AMD A10-6790K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 240GE

• Around 28% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 74°C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm SOI
• 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 100 Watt
• Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1968 vs 1553
• Around 48% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4534 vs 3070

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-6790K

• Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 240GE
CPU 2: AMD A10-6790K

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1968 1553
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	4534 3070

Compare specifications (specs)