The AMD's Fusion E240 processor is answer to the Intel's low cost Atom processors. The Fusion essentially means the "fusion" of the processor unit and the graphics unit.
It promised a big leap in the graphics processing power. So the display and the video encoding is one area where you will benefit by it.
Table : AMD Zacate E-240 Features and Specs
| Feature | AMD Zacate E-240 |
| Core Frequency | 1.5 GHz |
| No. Of Cores | 1 |
| Cache Organization | 64KB L1 512KB L2 |
| Turbo Frequency | No Turbo |
| TDP Rating | 18 Watts |
| 64 Bit Support | Y |
| Lithography | 40nm |
| Integrated Memory Controller | Yes |
| Integrated Graphics | Yes, Radeon HD6310 |
Table : AMD Zacate E-240 Benchmarking
| Benchmarks | AMD Zacate E-240 |
| PassMark Score | 364 |
| Super Pi 2M (Lower in better) | 120 seconds |
| 3D Mark 06 CPU | 500 |
| Windows 7 Experience Score | 2.5 |
Some more details of AMD Zacate E-240
The AMD's E-240 promises a decent graphics performance with its integrated GPU and this will be the main reason why you would prefer this processor. The Single core 1.5 GHz processor will have average processing power, just good enough for your dailyt home and office computing. It competes well with Intel's Atom processor and outsmarts them in graphics performance. If you need slightly more performance you may like to take a look at Zacate E-350.
Old (5+ years CPU's) like the AMD 3800 are still over twice as powerful. I just cannot think of any reason to put this into a PC. It may be fine for a video selector for your TV but that is about it.
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