Athlon 240GE vs FX-8170

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Primary details

Comparing FX-8170 and Athlon 240GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1676
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.42
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Athlon
Power efficiencyno data7.71
Architecture codenameZambezi (2011−2012)Zen (2017−2020)
Release date23 October 2012 (12 years ago)21 December 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$75

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

FX-8170 and Athlon 240GE 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed3.9 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplierno data35
L1 cache384 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache8 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size315 mm2209.78 mm2
Number of transistors1,200 million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on FX-8170 and Athlon 240GE 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM3+AM4
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-8170 and Athlon 240GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-8170 and Athlon 240GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-8170 and Athlon 240GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-8170 and Athlon 240GE.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 October 2012 21 December 2018
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 35 Watt

FX-8170 has 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Athlon 240GE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 257.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FX-8170 and Athlon 240GE. We've got no test results to judge.


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