AMD Phenom II X4 940 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2022-03-30

The AMD Phenom II X4 940 has 4 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 4. gen of the AMD Phenom II series. The processor uses a mainboard with the AM2+ socket and was released in Q1/2009.

CPU lineage The segment in which we have classified the AMD Phenom II X4 940. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the AMD Phenom II X4 940.
Name:	AMD Phenom II X4 940
Family:	AMD Phenom II
CPU group:	AMD Phenom II - 800/900
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	4
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

In addition to the number of CPU cores and threads, you can see here whether the AMD Phenom II X4 940 can be overclocked. You will also find the clock frequencies of the processor (single-core and multi-core) here. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	No
Overclocking:	Yes
Frequency:	3.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	--
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	--

Internal Graphics

The AMD Phenom II X4 940 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die. A processor with integrated graphics is also called APU (Accelerated Processing Unit).

GPU name:	no iGPU
GPU frequency:
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Execution units:
Shader:
Max. GPU Memory:	--

Max. displays:
Generation:
Direct X:	--
Technology:
Release date:

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	No
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	No
VC-1:	No
JPEG:	No

Memory & PCIe The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the processor. The memory bandwidth depends on several factors and is given in gigabytes per second.

Memory type:	DDR2-1066
Max. Memory:
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
Bandwidth:	--
ECC:	No
PCIe:
AES-NI:	No

Thermal Management The Thermal Design Power (TDP for short) specifies the necessary cooling solution to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually only gives a rough idea of the real consumption of a CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	125 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

Here you will find information on the size of the level 2 and level 3 cache of the AMD Phenom II X4 940 as well as a list of the processors ISA extensions. We have documented the architecture and the manufacturing technology for you as well as the release date.

Technology:	45 nm
Chip design:
Socket:	AM2+
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	6.00 MB
Architecture:	Deneb (K10)
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	AMD-V
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE3, SSE4a
Release date:	Q1/2009
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	--

AMD Phenom II X4 940
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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the AMD Phenom II X4 940 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	176
	AMD A6-5400K 2C 2T @ 3.80 GHz	174
	Intel Pentium Silver N5000 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	171
	AMD Phenom II X4 940 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	169
	AMD Phenom II X4 945 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	168
	Intel Core i3-2350M 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	165
	Intel Celeron N4120 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	165

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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-7600 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	655
	Intel Core i5-7200U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	652
	AMD Phenom II X4 955 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	651
	AMD Phenom II X4 940 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	649
	Intel Core i3-1110G4 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	643
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	641
	Intel Core i5-8310Y 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	641

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A4-5300B 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	403
	AMD Phenom II X4 945 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	403
	Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800 4C 4T @ 2.93 GHz	403
	AMD Phenom II X4 940 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	402
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	401
	AMD A6-5357M 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	401
	AMD Athlon II X2 250 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	399

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Pentium G3460 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	1418
	AMD FX-4170 4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz	1413
	Intel Celeron J4115 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1412
	AMD Phenom II X4 940 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1411
	AMD A10-7800 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1411
	Samsung Exynos 8895 8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	1407
	AMD Athlon II X4 760K 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	1403

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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i3-7100U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	3768
	Intel Pentium G3460 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	3759
	AMD Phenom II X4 945 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	3740
	AMD Phenom II X4 940 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	3738
	AMD Phenom II X4 B95 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	3738
	Intel Core i7-7Y75 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	3735
	Intel Core i3-3220T 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	3732

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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Phenom II X2 545 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	79
	AMD Phenom II X2 B55 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	79
	AMD Phenom II X3 740 3C 3T @ 3.00 GHz	79
	AMD Phenom II X4 940 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	78
	Intel Pentium Silver N5000 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	78
	AMD Phenom II X6 1035T 6C 6T @ 3.10 GHz	78
	AMD FX-9800P 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	77

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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Phenom II X4 945 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	304
	AMD Phenom II X4 B95 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	304
	AMD A10-9700 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	303
	AMD Phenom II X4 940 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	302
	Intel Pentium Silver J5005 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	302
	Intel Core i7-6500U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	302
	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	302

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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Phenom II X2 545 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	1618
	AMD Phenom II X2 B55 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	1618
	AMD Phenom II X4 945 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1603
	AMD Phenom II X4 940 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1602
	Intel Xeon E5450 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1602
	AMD Phenom II X4 B95 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1602
	Intel Core i3-4010U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	1601

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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	5638
	Intel Core i5-5250U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	5638
	AMD FX-4150 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	5613
	AMD Phenom II X4 940 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	5610
	AMD Phenom II X4 B95 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	5610
	AMD Phenom II X4 945 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	5610
	AMD Athlon II X4 640 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	5604

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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A4-5300 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0.91
	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0.91
	AMD Phenom II X2 545 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	0.91
	AMD Phenom II X4 940 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	0.9
	Intel Core i3-2350M 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	0.9
	Intel Pentium Silver N5000 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	0.9
	Intel Celeron N4000 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	0.9

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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A10-6800K 4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz	3.58
	AMD Phenom II X4 945 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	3.58
	AMD Phenom II X4 B95 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	3.58
	AMD Phenom II X4 940 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	3.55
	Intel Core i7-6600U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	3.55
	AMD FX-4320 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	3.55
	Intel Core i7-5600U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	3.54

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