i7-840QM vs Phenom II X4 N950

Aggregate performance score

Phenom II X4 N950
2010
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
1.56
+26.8%
Core i7-840QM
2010
4 cores / 8 threads, 45 Watt
1.23

Phenom II X4 N950 outperforms Core i7-840QM by a significant 27% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 N950 and Core i7-840QM processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21202325
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series4x AMD Phenom IIIntel Core i7
Power efficiency4.222.59
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Clarksfield (2009−2010)
Release date4 October 2010 (14 years ago)22 June 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$568

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 N950 and Core i7-840QM 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)
Threads48
Base clock speedno data1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rate3600 MHz2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data14
L1 cache512 KB256 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
L3 cacheno data8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data296 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data774 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 N950 and Core i7-840QM 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketS1FCPGA988,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 N950 and Core i7-840QM. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
PAEno data36 Bit

Security technologies

Phenom II X4 N950 and Core i7-840QM technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 N950 and Core i7-840QM are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 N950 and Core i7-840QM. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataNone

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 N950 and Core i7-840QM.

PCIe versionno data2
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Phenom II X4 N950 1.56
+26.8%
i7-840QM 1.23

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Phenom II X4 N950 2485
+27.3%
i7-840QM 1952

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Phenom II X4 N950 275
i7-840QM 386
+40.4%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Phenom II X4 N950 986
i7-840QM 1044
+5.9%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Phenom II X4 N950 1816
i7-840QM 3439
+89.3%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Phenom II X4 N950 6554
i7-840QM 9266
+41.4%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Phenom II X4 N950 2974
i7-840QM 3532
+18.7%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Phenom II X4 N950 17.8
+125%
i7-840QM 40

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.56 1.23
Recency 4 October 2010 22 June 2010
Threads 4 8
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

Phenom II X4 N950 has a 26.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 months, and 28.6% lower power consumption.

i7-840QM, on the other hand, has 100% more threads.

The Phenom II X4 N950 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i7-840QM in performance tests.


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