AMD Athlon 240GE vs Intel Celeron G3920

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 240GE and Intel Celeron G3920 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 240GE

  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 51 Watt
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1963 vs 1781
  • Around 92% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4527 vs 2358
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 4 vs 2
L1 cache 192 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 51 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1963 vs 1781
PassMark - CPU mark 4527 vs 2358

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 240GE
CPU 2: Intel Celeron G3920

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1963
1781
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4527
2358
Name AMD Athlon 240GE Intel Celeron G3920
PassMark - Single thread mark 1963 1781
PassMark - CPU mark 4527 2358
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3432
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5672
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 766
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1680
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2091
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 766
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1680
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2091

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 240GE Intel Celeron G3920

Essentials

Family AMD Athlon Processors
OPN Tray YD240GC6M2OFB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1295 1306
Series AMD Athlon Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics Intel® Celeron® Processor G Series
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Skylake
Launch date September 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $60
Price now $62.45
Processor Number G3920
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 14.69

Performance

Base frequency 3.5 GHz 2.90 GHz
Compute Cores 5
L1 cache 192 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 4 MB 4096 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Number of cores 2 2
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Die size 150 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 65 °C
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1000 MHz 950 MHz
iGPU core count 3
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 3 Graphics Intel® HD Graphics 510
Device ID 0x1902
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 950 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
DVI
eDP
Number of displays supported 3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 51 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2015C (65W)

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA N / A
Max resolution over WiDi 1080p

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.4

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)