Phenom II X4 P940 vs A6-3650

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Primary details

Comparing A6-3650 and Phenom II X4 P940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2257not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno data4x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency1.23no data
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date30 June 2011 (13 years ago)4 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-3650 and Phenom II X4 P940 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)512 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size228 mm2no data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A6-3650 and Phenom II X4 P940 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1no data
SocketFM1S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-3650 and Phenom II X4 P940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
VirusProtect-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-3650 and Phenom II X4 P940 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-3650 and Phenom II X4 P940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardRadeon HD 6530Dno data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 June 2011 4 October 2010
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 25 Watt

A6-3650 has an age advantage of 8 months, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Phenom II X4 P940, on the other hand, has 300% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A6-3650 and Phenom II X4 P940. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A6-3650 is a desktop processor while Phenom II X4 P940 is a notebook one.


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