AMD Phenom II X4 P940 vs Intel Pentium SU2700

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 P940 and Intel Pentium SU2700 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory. 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) 2 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • 3 more threads: 4 vs 1
  • Around 31% higher clock speed: 1.7 GHz vs 1.3 GHz
  • 8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 679 vs 480
  • 5.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1319 vs 228
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 October 2010 vs 1 August 2009
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Number of threads 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 1.7 GHz vs 1.3 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB vs 64 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 679 vs 480
PassMark - CPU mark 1319 vs 228

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium SU2700

  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 25 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 25 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 P940
CPU 2: Intel Pentium SU2700

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
679
480
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1319
228
Name AMD Phenom II X4 P940 Intel Pentium SU2700
PassMark - Single thread mark 679 480
PassMark - CPU mark 1319 228
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 849
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 802

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X4 P940 Intel Pentium SU2700

Essentials

Architecture codename Champlain Penryn
Launch date 4 October 2010 1 August 2009
Place in performance rating 2697 2754
Series 4x AMD Phenom II Intel Pentium
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz 800 MHz
L1 cache 512 KB 64 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 1.7 GHz 1.3 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Number of threads 4 1
Die size 107 mm
Transistor count 410 Million

Compatibility

Sockets supported S1 (S1g4) soldered
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 10 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

VirusProtect
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3