AMD Athlon X4 940 vs AMD A10-7700K

AMD Athlon X4 940
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2017
AMD Athlon X4 940
AMD A10-7700K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2014
AMD A10-7700K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Athlon X4 940
    100%
  • AMD A10-7700K
    107%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Athlon X4 940
    100%
  • AMD A10-7700K
    108%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Athlon X4 940
    100%
  • AMD A10-7700K
    106%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 940

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider AMD A10-7700K

8% higher single threaded performance.
6% higher multi threaded performance.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Athlon X4 940.
Around 7% higher average synthetic performance.

AMD A10-7700K

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD A10-7700K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Athlon X4 940AMD A10-7700K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4A
AMD64
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
FMA3
FMA4
F16C
TBM
XOP
AMD-V
EVP
Turbo Core
CnQ
NX bit

Architecture

AMD Athlon X4 940AMD A10-7700K
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsAMD Steamroller
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameBristol RidgevsKaveri
Release DateJul 2017vsJan 2014

Cores

AMD Athlon X4 940AMD A10-7700K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon R7

Cache

AMD Athlon X4 940AMD A10-7700K
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs0 KB

Physical

AMD Athlon X4 940AMD A10-7700K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Temp74°Cvs74°C
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size246mm²vs246mm²
Process28 nmvs28 nm

Performance

AMD Athlon X4 940AMD A10-7700K
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvs1.475 V
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon X4 940
    2484 points
  • AMD A10-7700K
    2394 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon X4 940
    7683 points
  • AMD A10-7700K
    7497 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Athlon X4 940 (simulated)
    76.29
  • AMD A10-7700K
    83

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Athlon X4 940 (simulated)
    268.63
  • AMD A10-7700K
    285

points - higher is better