Athlon 240GE vs Ryzen Threadripper 1955

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper 1955 and Athlon 240GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1665
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.42
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Athlon
Power efficiencyno data7.70
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Zen (2017−2020)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)6 September 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

Ryzen Threadripper 1955 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threadsno data4
Base clock speedno data3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplierno data35
L1 cache128 KB (per core)192 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache32768 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data209.78 mm2
Number of transistorsno data4950 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper 1955 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)
SocketSP3r2AM4
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1955 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 Ryzen Threadripper 1955 and Athlon 240GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1955 and Athlon 240GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4 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 RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1955 and Athlon 240GE.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 10 2
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen Threadripper 1955 has 400% more physical cores.

Athlon 240GE, on the other hand, has 257.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen Threadripper 1955 and Athlon 240GE. We've got no test results to judge.


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