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).

AMD Athlon 240GE

Intel Core i7-4770S

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: 2120 vs 1963
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6747 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	2120 vs 1963
PassMark - CPU mark	6747 vs 4527

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1963

2120

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4527

6747

Name	AMD Athlon 240GE	Intel Core i7-4770S
PassMark - Single thread mark	1963	2120
PassMark - CPU mark	4527	6747
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	1295	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)