Phenom II X4 P940 vs Athlon II X4 635

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X4 635 and Phenom II X4 P940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2221not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.86no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno data4x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency1.40no data
Architecture codenamePropus (2009−2011)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date25 January 2010 (14 years ago)4 October 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$70no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II X4 635 and Phenom II X4 P940 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 speed2.9 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.9 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)512 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size169 mm2no data
Number of transistors300 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 635 and Phenom II X4 P940 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1no data
SocketAM3S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 635 and Phenom II X4 P940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
VirusProtect-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 635 and Phenom II X4 P940 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 635 and Phenom II X4 P940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X4 635 and Phenom II X4 P940.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 January 2010 4 October 2010
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 25 Watt

Phenom II X4 P940 has an age advantage of 8 months, and 280% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II X4 635 and Phenom II X4 P940. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon II X4 635 is a desktop processor while Phenom II X4 P940 is a notebook one.


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