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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Phenom II X4 940 vs the FX 6300. | |||||||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Phenom II X4 940 vs FX 6300
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Reviews Word on the street
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Phenom II X4 940 | vs | FX 6300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3 GHz | 3.5 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Hexa core | |
| Socket type | |||
| AM2+ | |||
| AM3+ | |||
| Is unlocked | Yes | Yes | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| AVX 1.1 | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| F16C | |||
| MMX | |||
| XOP | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| ABM | |||
| BMI1 | |||
| CLMUL | |||
| AMD64 | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| FMA4 | |||
| FMA3 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| CVT16 | |||
| AMD-V | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| TBM | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 125W | 95W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 30.11 $/year | 22.89 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 109.5 $/year | 83.22 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 1.19 pt/W | 9.84 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 101.56W | 77.19W | |
bus | |||
| Clock speed | 1,800 MHz | 2,600 MHz | |
details | Phenom II X4 940 | vs | FX 6300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 4 | 6 | |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 6 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 8 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 1.5 MB/core | 1.33 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 32 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Voltage range | 0.88 - 1.5V | 0.8 - 1.43V | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 62°C | Unknown - 62.5°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclock popularity | 44 | 82 | |
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.72 GHz | 4.75 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.83 GHz | 4.82 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.72 GHz | 4.75 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | None | |
| Label | N/A | N/A | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
| Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| 3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
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