AMD Athlon X4 940 vs AMD Athlon X4 950

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 940 and AMD Athlon X4 950 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 950

  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 3.6 GHz

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CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 940
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X4 950

Name AMD Athlon X4 940 AMD Athlon X4 950
PassMark - Single thread mark 1638
PassMark - CPU mark 3596
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 514
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1557

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X4 940 AMD Athlon X4 950

Essentials

Architecture codename Bristol Ridge Bristol Ridge
Family AMD Athlon Processors AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date 27 July 2017 27 July 2017
OPN PIB AD940XAGABBOX AD950XAGABBOX
OPN Tray AD940XAGM44AB AD950XAGM44AB
Place in performance rating not rated 2088
Series AMD Athlon X4 AMD Athlon X4
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $60
Price now $59.99
Value for money (0-100) 26.05

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.2 GHz 3.5 GHz
Die size 246 mm 246 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C 74 °C
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 4
Transistor count 1178 million 1178 million
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Memory

Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 45/65 Watt 45/65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

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