AMD Athlon 240GE vs AMD PRO A6-8550B

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 240GE and AMD PRO A6-8550B 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, 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).

AMD Athlon 240GE

AMD PRO A6-8550B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 240GE

2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 33% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 71.30°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1963 vs 1631
2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4527 vs 1882

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 71.30°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1963 vs 1631
PassMark - CPU mark	4527 vs 1882

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 240GE
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-8550B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1963

1631

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4527

1882

Name	AMD Athlon 240GE	AMD PRO A6-8550B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1963	1631
PassMark - CPU mark	4527	1882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.546
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		223.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.884
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		47.872

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 240GE	AMD PRO A6-8550B
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray	YD240GC6M2OFB	AD855BYBI23JC
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1295	1281
Series	AMD Athlon Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics	AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	3.7 GHz
Compute Cores	5	6
L1 cache	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	71.30°C
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	3	4
Number of threads	4	2
Unlocked
Maximum frequency		4 GHz
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz	2133 MHz
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1000 MHz	800 MHz
iGPU core count	3	256
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Enduro
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt
Configurable TDP		45 Watt/65 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan
Advanced Technologies
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0