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General information Phenom II X4 940 Core2 Quad Q9550
Launched Q1 2009 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM2+ LGA775
Series Name AMD Phenom II X4 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Deneb Yorkfield
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 6.7 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
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
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 512 kB
2 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Phenom II X4 940 Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 35175 0 % 35153 0.1 %
Future Proof 11 % 0 % 10 % 9.1 %
Benchmark Score 1531 0 % 1527 0.3 %
Single Thread Score 1205.9 2 % 1230.8 0 %
Encrypting Data 3260.1 MB/s 0.3 % 3271.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 51.3 MB/s 0 % 48.4 MB/s 5.6 %
String objects sorting 6487.5 thousand/s 1.5 % 6584.3 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 13 millions/s 32.3 % 19.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7094.2 millions/s 33.7 % 10699 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5157.9 millions/s 15.3 % 6089.3 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Phenom II X4 940, Core2 Quad Q9550.

Average frames per second Phenom II X4 940 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.9 FPS 58.8 FPS
High settings 94.2 FPS 94.2 FPS
Medium settings 117.8 FPS 117.7 FPS
Low settings 147.2 FPS 147.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %

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 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.2 FPS 112.2 FPS
High settings 179.6 FPS 179.5 FPS
Medium settings 224.5 FPS 224.4 FPS
Low settings 280.6 FPS 280.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 0 %
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