AMD Athlon X4 940 vs AMD A10-9700

AMD Athlon X4 940
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2017
AMD Athlon X4 940
AMD A10-9700
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A10-9700

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Athlon X4 940
    100%
  • AMD A10-9700
    107%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Athlon X4 940
    100%
  • AMD A10-9700
    105%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Athlon X4 940
    100%
  • AMD A10-9700
    109%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 940

None

Reasons to consider AMD A10-9700

5% higher single threaded performance.
9% 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 A10-9700

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD A10-9700

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Athlon X4 940AMD A10-9700
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 A10-9700
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsAMD Excavator
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameBristol RidgevsBristol Ridge
Release DateJul 2017vsSep 2016

Cores

AMD Athlon X4 940AMD A10-9700
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon R7

Cache

AMD Athlon X4 940AMD A10-9700
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs0 KB

Physical

AMD Athlon X4 940AMD A10-9700
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp74°Cvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size246mm²vsunknown
Process28 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Athlon X4 940AMD A10-9700
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon X4 940
    2484 points
  • AMD A10-9700
    2622 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon X4 940
    7683 points
  • AMD A10-9700
    8404 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Athlon X4 940 (simulated)
    76.29
  • AMD A10-9700 (simulated)
    80.52

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Athlon X4 940 (simulated)
    268.63
  • AMD A10-9700 (simulated)
    293.82

points - higher is better