Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX vs Phenom II X4 P940

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Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated53
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series4x AMD Phenom IIAMD Ryzen Threadripper
Power efficiencyno data6.47
DesignerAMDAMD
Manufacturerno dataTSMC
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Chagall PRO (2022)
Release date4 October 2010 (14 years ago)8 March 2022 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 P940 and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX 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)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads464
Base clock speedno data3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
Multiplierno data36
L1 cache512 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data128 MB
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data4x 81 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data16,600 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 P940 and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX 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
SocketS1 (S1g4)WRX8
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX. 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 3.0no data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data2 TiB
Maximum memory bandwidthno data204.8 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 October 2010 8 March 2022
Physical cores 4 32
Threads 4 64
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 280 Watt

Phenom II X4 P940 has 1020% lower power consumption.

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between AMD Phenom II X4 P940 and AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Phenom II X4 P940 is a notebook processor while Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX is a server/workstation one.

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