Celeron G460 vs Athlon II X2 240

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X2 240 and Celeron G460 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2744	3105
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.28	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	0.96	0.81
Architecture codename	Regor (2009−2013)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	23 July 2009 (15 years ago)	12 December 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$35	$65

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon II X2 240 and Celeron G460 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus rate	no data	5 GT/s
L1 cache	256 KB	64 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	1.5 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	117 mm2	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	66 °C
Number of transistors	410 million	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 240 and Celeron G460 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	AM3	FCLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 240 and Celeron G460. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+

Security technologies

Athlon II X2 240 and Celeron G460 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X2 240 and Celeron G460 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 240 and Celeron G460. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	17 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
Graphics max frequency	no data	1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II X2 240 and Celeron G460 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 240 and Celeron G460.

PCIe version

2.0

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.66	0.30
Recency	23 July 2009	12 December 2011
Physical cores	2	1
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

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