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 ranking	2485	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Kaveri	4x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency	4.80	no data
Architecture codename	Kaveri (2014−2015)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	4 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3600 MHz
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	4096 KB	2 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Die size	245 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	2410 Million	no 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.

Socket	FP3	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	45 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 extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA	HyperTransport 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 types	DDR3-1600	DDR3
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	no data
iGPU core count	6	no data
Number of pipelines	384	no 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.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

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

PCIe version

3.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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

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