Athlon 240GE vs Pentium G4560

Place in the ranking	1841	1676
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.63	3.42
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium, Pentium Gold	AMD Athlon
Power efficiency	4.14	7.70
Architecture codename	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)	Zen (2017−2020)
Release date	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)	21 December 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$108	$75

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon 240GE has 443% better value for money than Pentium G4560.

Detailed specifications

Pentium G4560 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	35	35
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	209.78 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	65 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G4560 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 configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1151	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	54 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G4560 and Athlon 240GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium G4560 and Athlon 240GE technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G4560 and Athlon 240GE are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G4560 and Athlon 240GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2133/2400, DDR3L-1333/1600	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	64 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics 610	AMD Radeon Vega 3
Max video memory	64 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz	no data
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G4560 and Athlon 240GE integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium G4560 and Athlon 240GE integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2304@24Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2304@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium G4560 and Athlon 240GE integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G4560 and Athlon 240GE.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	12

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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.

Pentium G4560 2.23

Athlon 240GE 2.85
+27.8%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium G4560 3538

Athlon 240GE 4527
+28%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.23	2.85
Integrated graphics card	1.85	2.98
Recency	3 January 2017	21 December 2018
Power consumption (TDP)	54 Watt	35 Watt

Athlon 240GE has a 27.8% higher aggregate performance score, 61.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, and 54.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon 240GE is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G4560 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium G4560 and Athlon 240GE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.