Phenom II X4 P940 vs Xeon X3440

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X3440 and Phenom II X4 P940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2023not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno data4x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency1.74no data
Architecture codenameno dataChamplain (2010−2011)
Release date1 July 2009 (15 years ago)4 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X3440 and Phenom II X4 P940 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)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.53 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.93 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L1 cacheno data512 KB
L2 cacheno data2 MB
L3 cache8 MB Intel® Smart Cacheno data
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Maximum core temperature73 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X3440 and Phenom II X4 P940 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCLGA1156,LGA1156S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X3440 and Phenom II X4 P940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
VirusProtect-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE36 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon X3440 and Phenom II X4 P940 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X3440 and Phenom II X4 P940 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X3440 and Phenom II X4 P940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X3440 and Phenom II X4 P940.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2009 4 October 2010
Threads 8 4
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 25 Watt

Xeon X3440 has 100% more threads.

Phenom II X4 P940, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 280% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon X3440 and Phenom II X4 P940. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon X3440 is a server/workstation processor while Phenom II X4 P940 is a notebook one.


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