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    AMD Athlon X4 940 vs AMD FX-4300

    AMD Athlon X4 940
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2017
    AMD Athlon X4 940
    AMD FX-4300
    AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
    3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
    AMD FX-4300

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Athlon X4 940
      100%
    • AMD FX-4300
      115%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Athlon X4 940
      100%
    • AMD FX-4300
      119%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Athlon X4 940
      100%
    • AMD FX-4300
      112%

    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 FX-4300

    19% higher single threaded performance.
    12% higher multi threaded performance.
    Around 15% higher average synthetic performance.
    AMD FX-4300

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD FX-4300

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Athlon X4 940AMD FX-4300
    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
    SSSE3
    SSE4a
    CLMUL
    CVT16
    HT3.1

    Architecture

    AMD Athlon X4 940AMD FX-4300
    ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsAMD Piledriver
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameBristol RidgevsVishera
    Release DateJul 2017vsOct 2012

    Cores

    AMD Athlon X4 940AMD FX-4300
    Cores4vs4
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Athlon X4 940AMD FX-4300
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs192 KB
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs4096 KB
    L3 Cache0 KBvs8192 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Athlon X4 940AMD FX-4300
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM3+
    Max Case Temp74°Cvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size246mm²vs315mm²
    Process28 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD Athlon X4 940AMD FX-4300
    Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3800 MHz
    Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs4000 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
    Voltage1.475 Vvs1.425 V
    TDP65 Wvs95 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Athlon X4 940
      2484 points
    • AMD FX-4300
      2440 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Athlon X4 940
      7683 points
    • AMD FX-4300
      7603 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Athlon X4 940 (simulated)
      76.29
    • AMD FX-4300 (simulated)
      90.91

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Athlon X4 940 (simulated)
      268.63
    • AMD FX-4300 (simulated)
      302.15

    points - higher is better

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