Phenom II X3 P840 vs V-Series V140
Primary details
Comparing V-Series V140 and Phenom II X3 P840 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 2549 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD V-Series | 3x AMD Phenom II |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Champlain (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 4 October 2010 (13 years ago) | 4 October 2010 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
V-Series V140 and Phenom II X3 P840 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 3 (Tri-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 3 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3200 MHz | 3600 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 1.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on V-Series V140 and Phenom II X3 P840 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 | S1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by V-Series V140 and Phenom II X3 P840. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization | Virtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a) |
| VirusProtect | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by V-Series V140 and Phenom II X3 P840 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by V-Series V140 and Phenom II X3 P840. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 1 | 3 |
| Threads | 1 | 3 |
Phenom II X3 P840 has 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.
We couldn't decide between V-Series V140 and Phenom II X3 P840. We've got no test results to judge.
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