Apple M2 Pro vs Phenom II X4 P940

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Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 P940 and M2 Pro processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated544
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series4x AMD Phenom IIApple Apple M-Series
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)no data
Release date4 October 2010 (14 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 P940 and M2 Pro 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speedno data2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache512 KB3.3 MB
L2 cache2 MB36 MB
L3 cacheno data24 MB
Chip lithography45 nm5 nm
Number of transistorsno data40000 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 P940 and M2 Pro 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.

SocketS1 (S1g4)no data
Power consumption (TDP)25 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and M2 Pro. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0no data
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and M2 Pro are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataApple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 October 2010 17 January 2023
Physical cores 4 12
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 45 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Pro has an age advantage of 12 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 800% more advanced lithography process.

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