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

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron Dual-Core T1500

• Around 10% higher clock speed: 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

Compare specifications (specs)