Ryzen 3 3300U vs Phenom II X4 P940
Primary details
Comparing Phenom II X4 P940 and Ryzen 3 3300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1523 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 4x AMD Phenom II | AMD Ryzen 3 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 22.41 |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Picasso (2019−2022) |
| Release date | 4 October 2010 (14 years ago) | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X4 P940 and Ryzen 3 3300U 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.7 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | no data | 246 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4940 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X4 P940 and Ryzen 3 3300U 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 configuration | no data | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | S1 (S1g4) | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and Ryzen 3 3300U. 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 | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and Ryzen 3 3300U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and Ryzen 3 3300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 P940 and Ryzen 3 3300U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 October 2010 | 6 January 2019 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen 3 3300U has an age advantage of 8 years, a 275% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 P940 and Ryzen 3 3300U. We've got no test results to judge.
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