Athlon X2 BE-2400 vs Pentium G840

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium G840 and Athlon X2 BE-2400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2606not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.61no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.15no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Brisbane (2007−2008)
Release date22 May 2011 (13 years ago)October 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$60no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium G840 and Athlon X2 BE-2400 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz2.3 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)256 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm65 nm
Die size131 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperature69 °Cno data
Number of transistors504 million154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G840 and Athlon X2 BE-2400 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
SocketFCLGA1155AM2
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G840 and Athlon X2 BE-2400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
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

Pentium G840 and Athlon X2 BE-2400 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 Pentium G840 and Athlon X2 BE-2400 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 Pentium G840 and Athlon X2 BE-2400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G840 and Athlon X2 BE-2400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G840 and Athlon X2 BE-2400.

PCIe version2.0no 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.



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 G840 1253
+85.9%
Athlon X2 BE-2400 674

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

Pentium G840 has a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon X2 BE-2400, on the other hand, has 44.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium G840 and Athlon X2 BE-2400. We've got no test results to judge.


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