AMD Athlon II X2 240 vs AMD Athlon 64 LE-1660

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 240 and AMD Athlon 64 LE-1660 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 240

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1081 vs 428
• 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1044 vs 416

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 LE-1660

• Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 240
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 LE-1660

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1081 428
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1044 416

Compare specifications (specs)