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AMD logo Phenom II X4 940
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General information Phenom II X4 940 Phenom II X3 720
Launched Q1 2009 Q1 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Socket AM2+ AM3
Series Name AMD Phenom II X4 AMD Phenom II X3
Core Family Name Deneb Heka
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 6.7 %
Cores 4 0 % 3 25 %
Threads 4 0 % 3 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 0 % 95 W 24 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
3 × 64 kB Instruction
3 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 512 kB
3 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Phenom II X4 940 Phenom II X3 720
Overall Score 35091 0 % 31661 9.8 %
Future Proof 11 % 0 % 11 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1516 0 % 1005 33.7 %
Single Thread Score 1199.9 0 % 1093.1 8.9 %
Encrypting Data 3434.3 MB/s 0 % 2273.6 MB/s 33.8 %
Compressing Data 51.6 MB/s 0 % 34.3 MB/s 33.6 %
String objects sorting 6487.5 thousand/s 0 % 4290 thousand/s 33.9 %
Prime numbers generation 13.1 millions/s 0 % 8.9 millions/s 31.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7115.4 millions/s 0 % 4214.4 millions/s 40.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5184 millions/s 0 % 3567.7 millions/s 31.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Phenom II X4 940, Phenom II X3 720.

Average frames per second Phenom II X4 940 Phenom II X3 720
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.9 FPS 48.8 FPS
High settings 94.3 FPS 78.2 FPS
Medium settings 117.9 FPS 97.7 FPS
Low settings 147.3 FPS 122.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.1 %

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 Phenom II X3 720
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.3 FPS 106.3 FPS
High settings 179.7 FPS 170.0 FPS
Medium settings 224.7 FPS 212.5 FPS
Low settings 280.8 FPS 265.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.4 %
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