AMD Phenom II X4 P940 vs Intel Pentium Dual Core T2410

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 P940 and Intel Pentium Dual Core T2410 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) 1 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
• 2x 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
• 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1319 vs 566

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Dual Core T2410

• Around 18% higher clock speed: 2 GHz vs 1.7 GHz
• Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 712 vs 679

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 P940
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Dual Core T2410

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	679 712
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1319 566

Compare specifications (specs)