AMD A6-1450 vs AMD Phenom II X4 P940

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-1450 and AMD Phenom II X4 P940 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-1450

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 8 - 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Launch date 1 June 2013 vs 4 October 2010
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 8 - 15 Watt vs 25 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 P940

  • Around 21% higher clock speed: 1.7 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 679 vs 460
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1319 vs 1072
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 1.7 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB vs 256 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 679 vs 460
PassMark - CPU mark 1319 vs 1072

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-1450
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 P940

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
460
679
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1072
1319
Name AMD A6-1450 AMD Phenom II X4 P940
PassMark - Single thread mark 460 679
PassMark - CPU mark 1072 1319
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 681
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1741
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.595
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5.559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 5.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 15.509
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 388
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1781
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 388
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1781

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A6-1450 AMD Phenom II X4 P940

Essentials

Architecture codename Temash Champlain
Launch date 1 June 2013 4 October 2010
Place in performance rating 2693 2696
Series AMD A-Series 4x AMD Phenom II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 256 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB 2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 90 °C
Maximum frequency 1.4 GHz 1.7 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 4
Transistor count 1178 million
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FT3 S1 (S1g4)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 8 - 15 Watt 25 Watt

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)