AMD Athlon 240GE vs Intel Core i7-4770S

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 240GE and Intel Core i7-4770S 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 - 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

  • Around 33% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 71.35°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 71.35°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4770S

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2123 vs 1963
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6749 vs 4527
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 4
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2123 vs 1963
PassMark - CPU mark 6749 vs 4527

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 240GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4770S

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1963
2123
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4527
6749
Name AMD Athlon 240GE Intel Core i7-4770S
PassMark - Single thread mark 1963 2123
PassMark - CPU mark 4527 6749
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 875
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3187
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8154
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.82
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 80.896
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.8
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1154
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4042
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4377
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1154
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4042
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4377

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 240GE Intel Core i7-4770S

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 1296 1284
Series AMD Athlon Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Haswell
Launch date June 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Price now $249.99
Processor Number i7-4770S
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 11.00

Performance

Base frequency 3.5 GHz 3.10 GHz
Compute Cores 5
L1 cache 192 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 4 MB 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 71.35°C
Number of cores 2 4
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Die size 177 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 71 °C
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1000 MHz 1.2 GHz
iGPU core count 3
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 3 Graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Device ID 0x412
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 2 GB

Graphics interfaces

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

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2013C

Peripherals

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

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA 1920x1200@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.2/12
OpenGL 4.3

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
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)