AMD A6-3410MX vs AMD Phenom II X4 P940

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-3410MX and AMD Phenom II X4 P940 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization, Advanced Technologies. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-3410MX

• CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
• Around 35% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 1.7 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 736 vs 679

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 P940

• Around 80% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 45 Watt
• Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1319 vs 1270

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-3410MX
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 P940

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	736 679
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1270 1319

Compare specifications (specs)