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General information Core i7-940 Phenom II X2 550
Launched Q4 2008 Q2 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1366 AM2+
Series Name Intel Core i7 AMD Phenom II X2
Core Family Name Bloomfield Callisto
Clock 2.9 GHz 6.5 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 80 W 38.5 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
2 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-940 Phenom II X2 550
Overall Score 37154 0 % 29416 20.8 %
Future Proof 10 % 23.1 % 13 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1905 0 % 749 60.7 %
Single Thread Score 1303.5 0 % 1232.9 5.4 %
Encrypting Data 4346.5 MB/s 0 % 1694.2 MB/s 61 %
Compressing Data 63.5 MB/s 0 % 25 MB/s 60.7 %
String objects sorting 8792.9 thousand/s 0 % 3255 thousand/s 63 %
Prime numbers generation 22 millions/s 0 % 8.1 millions/s 63.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 16187 millions/s 0 % 3204.2 millions/s 80.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6909 millions/s 0 % 2624.7 millions/s 62 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-940, Phenom II X2 550.

Average frames per second Core i7-940 Phenom II X2 550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 65.0 FPS 42.3 FPS
High settings 104.1 FPS 67.6 FPS
Medium settings 130.1 FPS 84.5 FPS
Low settings 162.6 FPS 105.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 35 %

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 Core i7-940 Phenom II X2 550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.1 FPS 102.5 FPS
High settings 185.7 FPS 163.9 FPS
Medium settings 232.2 FPS 204.9 FPS
Low settings 290.2 FPS 256.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.7 %
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