AMD Phenom II X4 P940 vs Intel Celeron Dual-Core T1500

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 P940 and Intel Celeron Dual-Core T1500 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 P940

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 679 vs 661
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1319 vs 548
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 October 2010 vs 1 May 2008
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 679 vs 661
PassMark - CPU mark 1319 vs 548

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron Dual-Core T1500

  • Around 10% higher clock speed: 1.87 GHz vs 1.7 GHz
Maximum frequency 1.87 GHz vs 1.7 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 P940
CPU 2: Intel Celeron Dual-Core T1500

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
679
661
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1319
548
Name AMD Phenom II X4 P940 Intel Celeron Dual-Core T1500
PassMark - Single thread mark 679 661
PassMark - CPU mark 1319 548

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X4 P940 Intel Celeron Dual-Core T1500

Essentials

Architecture codename Champlain Merom
Launch date 4 October 2010 1 May 2008
Place in performance rating 2696 2754
Series 4x AMD Phenom II Intel Celeron Dual-Core
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz 533 MHz
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 1.7 GHz 1.87 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 2

Compatibility

Sockets supported S1 (S1g4)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 35 Watt

Advanced Technologies

VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)