Duron 1400 vs Athlon X4 840

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X4 840 and Duron 1400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1869not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Series4x AthlonAMD Duron
Power efficiency3.04no data
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)K7 (2000−2004)
Release dateAugust 2014 (10 years ago)15 August 2003 (21 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X4 840 and Duron 1400 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speed3.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz1.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rateno data266.66 MT/s
Multiplierno data10.5
L1 cache256Kno data
L2 cache4 MB64 KB
Chip lithography28 nm130 nm
Die size245 mm280.89 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,411 million37 Million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X4 840 and Duron 1400 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketSocket FM2+no data
Power consumption (TDP)65 watt57 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X4 840 and Duron 1400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X4 840 and Duron 1400 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X4 840 and Duron 1400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory sizeno data4 GB

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X4 840 and Duron 1400.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency on August 2014 15 August 2003
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 57 Watt

Athlon X4 840 has an age advantage of 10 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

Duron 1400, on the other hand, has 14% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X4 840 and Duron 1400. We've got no test results to judge.


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