Phenom II X4 P940 vs Atom 230

Primary details

Comparing Atom 230 and Phenom II X4 P940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	4x AMD Phenom II
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	4 October 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$29	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom 230 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 cores	1 (Single-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	1.7 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	3600 MHz
Multiplier	12	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Number of transistors	47 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom 230 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	PBGA437	S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 230 and Phenom II X4 P940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Atom 230 and Phenom II X4 P940 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom 230 and Phenom II X4 P940 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 230 and Phenom II X4 P940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2008	4 October 2010
Physical cores	1	4
Threads	2	4
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	25 Watt

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