AMD Phenom II X4 940 vs FX 6300

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Phenom II X4 940 2.4 FX 6300 6.1 FX 8350 8.8
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Phenom II X4 940 0.0 FX 6300 4.9 FX 8350 7.2
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Phenom II X4 940 0.0 FX 6300 0.0 FX 8350 0.0
Fire Strike

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Phenom II X4 940 0.0 FX 6300 0.0 FX 8350 0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Phenom II X4 940 3.0 FX 6300 5.0 FX 8350 5.3
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Phenom II X4 940 n.d. FX 6300 5.8 FX 8350 6.1
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

4.8	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Phenom II X4 940 2.1 FX 6300 4.8 FX 8350 5.6

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AMD Phenom II X4 940

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GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 940

5,456

7,871

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 940

1,543

2,053

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 940

121,350 MB/s

2,290,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 940

5,246

7,447

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 940

5,795

8,232

GeekBench

Phenom II X4 940

6,378

9,503

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Phenom II X4 940

3,614

6,444

PassMark (Single Core)

Phenom II X4 940

1,026

1,446

Phenom II X4 940		vs	FX 6300

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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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