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General information Phenom II X4 940 Core2 Duo E8500
Launched Q1 2009 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM2+ LGA775
Series Name AMD Phenom II X4 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Deneb Wolfdale
Clock 3 GHz 6.3 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 0 % 65 W 48 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 512 kB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Phenom II X4 940 Core2 Duo E8500
Overall Score 35090 0 % 30055 14.3 %
Future Proof 11 % 0 % 10 % 9.1 %
Benchmark Score 1516 0 % 816 46.2 %
Single Thread Score 1221.7 6.8 % 1310.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 3433.9 MB/s 0 % 1868.5 MB/s 45.6 %
Compressing Data 51 MB/s 0 % 26 MB/s 49.1 %
String objects sorting 6494 thousand/s 0 % 3643.1 thousand/s 43.9 %
Prime numbers generation 13.1 millions/s 0 % 10.1 millions/s 23 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7023.5 millions/s 0 % 5354.9 millions/s 23.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5241.3 millions/s 0 % 3287.8 millions/s 37.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Phenom II X4 940, Core2 Duo E8500.

Average frames per second Phenom II X4 940 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.0 FPS 44.1 FPS
High settings 94.4 FPS 70.6 FPS
Medium settings 118.0 FPS 88.2 FPS
Low settings 147.5 FPS 110.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Phenom II X4 940 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.4 FPS 103.6 FPS
High settings 179.9 FPS 165.7 FPS
Medium settings 224.8 FPS 207.1 FPS
Low settings 281.0 FPS 258.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.9 %
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