A4-3330MX vs Pentium B940
General info
Comparing Pentium B940 and A4-3330MX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2688 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium | AMD A-Series |
| Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) | Llano (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 19 June 2011 (12 years ago) | 20 December 2011 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $134 | no data |
| Current price | $131 (1x MSRP) | no data |
Technical specs
Pentium B940 and A4-3330MX 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 131 mm2 | 228 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 85 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 504 million | 1,178 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium B940 and A4-3330MX 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 | 1 |
| Socket | PGA988 | FS1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B940 and A4-3330MX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | 3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, DDR3 Memory Controller, Radeon HD 6480G |
| AES-NI | - | no data |
| FMA | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| My WiFi | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | no data |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| FDI | + | no data |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium B940 and A4-3330MX technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B940 and A4-3330MX are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B940 and A4-3330MX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 21.3 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | - | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors | AMD Radeon HD 6480G |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.1 GHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B940 and A4-3330MX integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | no data |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | no data |
| SDVO | + | no data |
| CRT | + | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B940 and A4-3330MX.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Pentium B940 outperforms A4-3330MX by 14% in Passmark.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Pentium B940 outperforms A4-3330MX by 32% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Pentium B940 outperforms A4-3330MX by 41% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Recency | 19 June 2011 | 20 December 2011 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 45 Watt |
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