Athlon II X2 240 vs V-Series V140

Primary details

Comparing V-Series V140 and Athlon II X2 240 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2739
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.28
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD V-Seriesno data
Power efficiencyno data0.95
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Regor (2009−2013)
Release date4 October 2010 (14 years ago)23 July 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$35

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

V-Series V140 and Athlon II X2 240 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Base clock speedno data2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB256 KB
L2 cache512 KB2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data117 mm2
Number of transistorsno data410 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on V-Series V140 and Athlon II X2 240 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1AM3
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by V-Series V140 and Athlon II X2 240. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualizationno data
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by V-Series V140 and Athlon II X2 240 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by V-Series V140 and Athlon II X2 240. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by V-Series V140 and Athlon II X2 240.

PCIe versionno data2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 October 2010 23 July 2009
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt

V-Series V140 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 160% lower power consumption.

Athlon II X2 240, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between V-Series V140 and Athlon II X2 240. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that V-Series V140 is a notebook processor while Athlon II X2 240 is a desktop one.


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AMD V-Series V140
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