AMD Athlon 2 X2 240e

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AMD Athlon 2 X2 240e
2
Cores
2
Threads
2.8 GHz
Base Clock
Socket AM3
Socket
45 W
TDP
No iGPU
Graphics
Release date:Oct 20, 2009Price at Launch:$65
Cores:2Threads:2
Base Clock:2.8 GHzType:Desktop
Multithreading:NoL2 Cache:2 × 1 MB
L3 Cache:0 MBBox Cooler:Yes
TDP:45 WSocket:Socket AM3
Memory Support:DDR3-1333Codename:Regor (K10)
Process Size:45 nmIntegrated Graphics:No
NPU:NoPCIe Support:PCIe 2.0

Reviews and Ratings

80

Average Score

Based on 4 reviews

Reviewers Liked

  • Price
  • Optimized for Windows 7
  • Reverse Compatibility
  • DDR2 and DDR3 Memory support
  • Sufficient speed for most everyday tasks
  • AM3, AM2+ support
  • Green series gives low wattage performance for high efficiency and low CPU temperatures

Reviewers Didn't Like

  • For little more money, triple- and quad-core CPUs offer better performance
75

AMD has been slamming out new processors in the past years, tweaking and making their older processors even better and faster. With the launch of AMD's new Athlon II X2 240e processor, this is not an exception. The new AMD Athlon II X2 240e...

By bjorn3d.com on
72

Making a processor like the Athlon II X2 240e is something that AMD wouldn't have been able to do even a year ago, when the company was stuck on a 65nm manufacturing node and its processors tended to suck a lot of power and make a lot of...

By PCStats on
94

What more can you say other than if you want a sub-$200 processor AMD is really the place to be. They are unmatched by Intel and will be until at least sometime into 2010. One bad thing is that all these part names are a little confusing the model...

By AMDZone on
78

This dual-core CPU offers good budget-grade performance for everyday PC tasks while consuming half the power of similar chips under full load....

By Computer Shopper on

Throughout all of our performance results, we saw both the 435 and 240e fall well behind all of the other processors in our line-up, but of all the near-20 processors in these charts, these two CPUs from AMD are only two of the four in our chart that...

By Techgage on

With the Athlon II X2 240e, AMD has delivered a CPU that delivers phenomenal bang for your buck. It is excellent for HTPCs where silence and low heat output are chief concerns. It does well with the tasks you’d ask a HTPC to do, and has enough...

By TechwareLabs on

While AMD is not releasing any processors here based on wholly new architecture, the Athlon II X3 435 (try saying that in under 3 seconds), and the Athlon II X2 240e are welcome additions to the ranks of the value-minded Athlon II CPU...

By Pureoverclock on

This CPU is not going to be for everyone. As we learned in our recent Athlon II X4 620 review, you can get a quad core for around the $100 mark. With the Athlon II 240e debuting at $77, its price is within striking distance of the 620. Nonetheless,...

By Icrontic on

A month ago AMD introduced the world’s first quad-core processor to debut at $99. Last week, AMD announced its third quarter earnings for 2009. While the company as a whole lost money, the Product Company (CPU and GPU design) turned a small...

By AnandTech on

For most consumers,the overall value of the product in question is usually the most important factor in making a purchasing decision. And its not a coincidence that AMD is flooding the market with affordable CPUs at every possible price...

By HotHardware on

The Athlon II X3 435 really has Intel beat in the price range for the performance. The addition of the third core really helps out in multithreaded tasks when a dual core would be maxed out. Costing only $87, it's a great value. The Athlon...

By Extreme Overclocking on

Athlon II X2 240e and Athlon II X3 435 are faster than similar-priced CPUs from Intel (with two exceptions, on Photoshop CS4 Intel CPUs were a little bit faster and on After Effects Celeron E3200 was 16% faster than Athlon II X2 240e,...

By Hardware Secrets on
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