3015e vs Athlon II X2 240e

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X2 240e and 3015e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2773	2039
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.61	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Power efficiency	1.30	26.93
Architecture codename	Regor (2009−2013)	Pollock (Zen) (2020)
Release date	20 October 2009 (15 years ago)	4 August 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$35	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon II X2 240e and 3015e 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.3 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	117 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	410 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 240e and 3015e 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	no data
Socket	AM3	FT5
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 240e and 3015e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 240e and 3015e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 240e and 3015e.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

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	0.63	1.74
Recency	20 October 2009	4 August 2020
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	6 Watt

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