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AMD Athlon X4 840 logo AMD Phenom II X3 720 logo
General information Athlon X4 840 Phenom II X3 720
Launched Q1 2015 Q1 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Socket FM2+ AM3
Series Name AMD Athlon X4 AMD Phenom II X3
Core Family Name Kaveri Heka
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 9.7 %
Cores 4 0 % 3 25 %
Threads 4 0 % 3 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 28 nm 37.8 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 96 kB Instruction
4 × 16 kB Data
3 × 64 kB Instruction
3 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 2 MB
3 × 512 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Athlon X4 840 Phenom II X3 720
Overall Score 38273 0 % 31660 17.3 %
Future Proof 46 % 0 % 11 % 76.1 %
Benchmark Score 2146 0 % 1005 53.2 %
Single Thread Score 1501.4 0 % 1103 26.5 %
Encrypting Data 4922.9 MB/s 0 % 2314.2 MB/s 53 %
Compressing Data 54.5 MB/s 0 % 34.5 MB/s 36.8 %
String objects sorting 6532.5 thousand/s 0 % 4350.7 thousand/s 33.4 %
Prime numbers generation 13 millions/s 0 % 9 millions/s 30.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 19651.6 millions/s 0 % 4252.7 millions/s 78.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5440.3 millions/s 0 % 3553.3 millions/s 34.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Athlon X4 840, Phenom II X3 720.

Average frames per second Athlon X4 840 Phenom II X3 720
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 68.4 FPS 48.8 FPS
High settings 109.5 FPS 78.2 FPS
Medium settings 136.8 FPS 97.7 FPS
Low settings 171.0 FPS 122.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.6 %

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 Athlon X4 840 Phenom II X3 720
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 117.9 FPS 106.3 FPS
High settings 188.7 FPS 170.1 FPS
Medium settings 235.9 FPS 212.6 FPS
Low settings 294.9 FPS 265.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.9 %
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