Phenom II X4 X940 BE vs A8 Pro-7150B

Primary details

Comparing A8 Pro-7150B and Phenom II X4 X940 BE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2504not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Kaveri4x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency4.78no data
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date4 June 2014 (10 years ago)1 January 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8 Pro-7150B and Phenom II X4 X940 BE 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.9 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache4096 KB2 MB
Chip lithography28 nm45 nm
Die size245 mm2no data
Number of transistors2410 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A8 Pro-7150B and Phenom II X4 X940 BE 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.

SocketFP3S1
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8 Pro-7150B and Phenom II X4 X940 BE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAHyperTransport 3.0, Enhanced Virus Protection, AMD64, SSE4A, unlocked multiplier
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
FRTC+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect++
RAID+-
HSA+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8 Pro-7150B and Phenom II X4 X940 BE are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8 Pro-7150B and Phenom II X4 X940 BE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1600DDR3
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R5 Graphicsno data
iGPU core count6no data
จำนวนพาธไลน์384no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8 Pro-7150B and Phenom II X4 X940 BE integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8 Pro-7150B and Phenom II X4 X940 BE integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8 Pro-7150B and Phenom II X4 X940 BE.

PCIe version3.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 June 2014 1 January 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 45 Watt

A8 Pro-7150B has an age advantage of 3 years, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 136.8% lower power consumption.

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