VIA Nano U2250 vs AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE

Comparative analysis of VIA Nano U2250 and AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

VIA Nano U2250

AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE

Differences

Reasons to consider the VIA Nano U2250

12.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 125 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 125 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
Around 100% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 1.5 GHz
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

Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	4 vs 1
Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 1.5 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: VIA Nano U2250
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE

Name	VIA Nano U2250	AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE
PassMark - Single thread mark		1213
PassMark - CPU mark		2358
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		397
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1331
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		3.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		11.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.192
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		3.856

Compare specifications (specs)

	VIA Nano U2250	AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Isaiah	Deneb
Launch date	1 January 2009	January 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	2867
Series	VIA Nano
Vertical segment	Laptop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB)	800 MHz
L2 cache	1024 KB	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	1.5 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	1	4
Number of threads	1
Die size		258 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
L3 cache		6144 KB (shared)
Transistor count		758 million
Unlocked
Compatibility
Sockets supported	NanoBGA2	AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	125 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR3