i3-1005G1 vs Phenom II X4 P940

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 P940 and Core i3-1005G1 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1634
Place by popularitynot in top-10067
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series4x AMD Phenom IIIntel Core i3
Power efficiencyno data11.70
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Ice Lake (Client) (2019)
Release date4 October 2010 (14 years ago)1 August 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$281

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 P940 and Core i3-1005G1 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speedno data1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rate3600 MHz4 × 4 GT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cache512 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 P940 and Core i3-1005G1 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketS1 (S1g4)FCBGA1526
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and Core i3-1005G1. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Phenom II X4 P940 and Core i3-1005G1 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and Core i3-1005G1 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and Core i3-1005G1. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data59.732 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data900 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Phenom II X4 P940 and Core i3-1005G1 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and Core i3-1005G1 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data5120 x 3200@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and Core i3-1005G1 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and Core i3-1005G1.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 October 2010 1 August 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 15 Watt

Phenom II X4 P940 has 100% more physical cores.

i3-1005G1, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 350% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

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