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General information Phenom II X4 940 Core2 Duo E8300
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 0 % 2.8 GHz 6.7 %
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
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 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 E8300
Overall Score 35090 0 % 28335 19.3 %
Future Proof 11 % 0 % 10 % 9.1 %
Benchmark Score 1516 0 % 645 57.5 %
Single Thread Score 1221.7 0 % 1077.2 11.8 %
Encrypting Data 3458.6 MB/s 0 % 1460.1 MB/s 57.8 %
Compressing Data 51.5 MB/s 0 % 19.3 MB/s 62.5 %
String objects sorting 6513.4 thousand/s 0 % 2885.8 thousand/s 55.7 %
Prime numbers generation 13.1 millions/s 0 % 8 millions/s 38.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7016.4 millions/s 0 % 4357.5 millions/s 37.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5241.3 millions/s 0 % 2430 millions/s 53.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Phenom II X4 940, Core2 Duo E8300.

Average frames per second Phenom II X4 940 Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.0 FPS 39.5 FPS
High settings 94.4 FPS 63.2 FPS
Medium settings 118.0 FPS 79.0 FPS
Low settings 147.5 FPS 98.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 33 %

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 E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.4 FPS 100.5 FPS
High settings 179.9 FPS 160.9 FPS
Medium settings 224.8 FPS 201.1 FPS
Low settings 281.0 FPS 251.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.6 %
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