Phenom II X4 P940 vs Ryzen 5 8600G

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 8600G and Phenom II X4 P940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking415not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation47.97no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno data4x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency23.27no data
Architecture codenamePhoenix (2023−2024)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)4 October 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 8600G 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads124
Base clock speed4.3 GHzno data
Boost clock speed5 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)512 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography4 nm45 nm
Die size178 mm2no data
Number of transistors25,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 8600G 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 configuration1no data
SocketAM5S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Phenom II X4 P940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
VirusProtect-+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Phenom II X4 P940 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Phenom II X4 P940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 760Mno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Phenom II X4 P940.

PCIe version4.0no data
PCI Express lanes20no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2024 4 October 2010
Physical cores 6 4
Threads 12 4
Chip lithography 4 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 25 Watt

Ryzen 5 8600G has an age advantage of 13 years, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

Phenom II X4 P940, on the other hand, has 160% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 8600G and Phenom II X4 P940. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 8600G is a desktop processor while Phenom II X4 P940 is a notebook one.


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