AMD GX-424CC vs AMD Phenom II X3 P840

Comparative analysis of AMD GX-424CC and AMD Phenom II X3 P840 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD GX-424CC

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
  • 1 more threads: 4 vs 3
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Launch date 6 June 2014 vs 4 October 2010
Number of cores 4 vs 3
Number of threads 4 vs 3
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 1.5 MB

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 P840

  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
L1 cache 384 KB vs 256 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD GX-424CC
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 P840

Name AMD GX-424CC AMD Phenom II X3 P840
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 924
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 924
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2698
PassMark - Single thread mark 760
PassMark - CPU mark 1079
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1164
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2663

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD GX-424CC AMD Phenom II X3 P840

Essentials

Architecture codename Steppe Eagle Champlain
Family AMD G-Series
Launch date 6 June 2014 4 October 2010
Place in performance rating 2215 2209
Vertical segment Embedded Laptop
Series 3x AMD Phenom II

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2400 MHz
L1 cache 256 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB 1.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 90 °C
Number of cores 4 3
Number of threads 4 3
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz
Maximum frequency 1.9 GHz

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 1
Supported memory types DDR3-1866

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 497 MHz
Processor graphics Radeon R5E

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.1
OpenGL 4.2

Compatibility

Sockets supported BGA769 (FT3b) S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 25 Watt

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)