AMD Phenom II X4 P940 vs AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-50

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 P940 and AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-50 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 4 year(s) 4 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 90 nm
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 31 Watt
• Around 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 679 vs 541
• 2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1319 vs 474

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 P940
CPU 2: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-50

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	679 541
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1319 474

Compare specifications (specs)