AMD ATHLON II X2 240

"The AMD Athlon II X2 240 Processor takes on the AMD Athlon64 X2 4800 with Lightsmark and AquaMark3. The AMD Athlon II X2 240 is a powerful 2.8Ghz Regor Socket AM2+ Processor so the Socket 939 AMD Athlon64 X2 4800 has it's work cut out."

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	SYSTEM INFORMATION
PROCESSOR	AMD ATHLON II X2 240
	AMD ATHLON64 X2 4800
MOTHERBOARD	FOXCONN M61PMV
	ECS NFORCE4 A939
VIDEO CARD	HIS RADEON HD 3870
ATI DRIVER	CATALYST v9.12
MEMORY	CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 XMS2 DOMINATOR
OPERATING SYSTEM	WINDOWS 7 SP1

AQUAMARK3

CPU

	11718
	10640

GFX

	20550
	17307

OVERALL

	109515
	95460

AMD ATHLON II X2 240 AMD ATHLON64 X2 4800

COMMENT - "Using the Aquamark3 CPU Benchmark the AMD Athlon II X2 240 beats the AMD Athlon64 X2 4800 by 10%. Using the Aquamark3 GFX Benchmark the AMD Athlon II X2 240 beats the AMD Athlon64 X2 4800 by 16%. The Final Aquamark3 Result is the AMD Athlon II X2 240 beats the AMD Athlon64 X2 4800 by 13%."

LIGHTSMARK

1024x768

	382
	330

1280x1024

	344
	269

1600x1200

	279
	217

AMD ATHLON II X2 240 AMD ATHLON64 X2 4800

COMMENT - "Lightsmark is a multiplatform benchmark with Realtime Illumination and Penumbra Shadows so Benchmarks the Video Card more than the Processor. The AMD Athlon II X2 240 beats the AMD Athlon64 X2 4800 by 19%."