3015e vs Phenom II X4 P940
Primary details
Comparing Phenom II X4 P940 and 3015e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 2042 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 4x AMD Phenom II | AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | no data | 26.97 |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Pollock (Zen) (2020) |
| Release date | 4 October 2010 (14 years ago) | 4 August 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X4 P940 and 3015e 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.7 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X4 P940 and 3015e 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.
| Socket | S1 (S1g4) | FT5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and 3015e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0 | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and 3015e are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and 3015e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 600 MHz) |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 October 2010 | 4 August 2020 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 6 Watt |
Phenom II X4 P940 has 100% more physical cores.
3015e, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 316.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 P940 and 3015e. We've got no test results to judge.
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