Phenom II X4 P940: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Phenom II X4 P940 sales 4 October 2010. This is a Champlain architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1700 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is S1 (S1g4) processor with a TDP of 25 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Phenom II X4 P940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | 4x AMD Phenom II | |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | |
| Release date | 4 October 2010 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Boost clock speed | 1.7 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X4 P940 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | S1 (S1g4) | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0 | |
| VirusProtect | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P940's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Phenom II X4 P940. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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