AMD Phenom II X4 P940 vs AMD Athlon Neo X2 L335

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 P940 and AMD Athlon Neo X2 L335 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, 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 Phenom II X4 P940

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 1.7 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 679 vs 570
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1319 vs 529
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 October 2010 vs 1 October 2009
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 1.7 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
L1 cache 512 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 679 vs 570
PassMark - CPU mark 1319 vs 529

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Neo X2 L335

  • Around 39% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 25 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt vs 25 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 P940
CPU 2: AMD Athlon Neo X2 L335

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
679
570
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1319
529
Name AMD Phenom II X4 P940 AMD Athlon Neo X2 L335
PassMark - Single thread mark 679 570
PassMark - CPU mark 1319 529
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 786
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1289

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X4 P940 AMD Athlon Neo X2 L335

Essentials

Architecture codename Champlain Congo
Launch date 4 October 2010 1 October 2009
Place in performance rating 2696 2684
Series 4x AMD Phenom II 2x AMD Athlon Neo
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz 800 MHz
L1 cache 512 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 1.7 GHz 1.6 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 2
Maximum core temperature 95 °C

Compatibility

Sockets supported S1 (S1g4) ASB1 BGA
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 18 Watt

Advanced Technologies

VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)