Phenom II X3 P840 vs Athlon PRO 200GE
Aggregate performance score
Athlon PRO 200GE outperforms Phenom II X3 P840 by a whopping 183% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon PRO 200GE and Phenom II X3 P840 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1809 | 2600 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon | 3x AMD Phenom II |
| Power efficiency | 6.27 | 3.10 |
| Architecture codename | Zen (2017−2020) | Champlain (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 1 June 2018 (6 years ago) | 4 October 2010 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon PRO 200GE and Phenom II X3 P840 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) | 3 (Tri-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 3 |
| Base clock speed | 3.2 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 3600 MHz |
| Multiplier | 32 | no data |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 1.5 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4,800 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon PRO 200GE and Phenom II X3 P840 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 (Uniprocessor) | no data |
| Socket | AM4 | S1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 200GE and Phenom II X3 P840. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Virtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a) |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| VirusProtect | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 200GE and Phenom II X3 P840 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 200GE and Phenom II X3 P840. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Vega 3 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.32 | 0.82 |
| Recency | 1 June 2018 | 4 October 2010 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 3 |
| Threads | 2 | 3 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 25 Watt |
Athlon PRO 200GE has a 182.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
Phenom II X3 P840, on the other hand, has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and 40% lower power consumption.
The Athlon PRO 200GE is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X3 P840 in performance tests.
Note that Athlon PRO 200GE is a desktop processor while Phenom II X3 P840 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon PRO 200GE and Phenom II X3 P840, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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