AMD Phenom II X4 840 vs AMD FX-4300

AMD Phenom II X4 840
AMD Socket AM3DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
AMD Phenom II X4 840
AMD FX-4300
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-4300

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Phenom II X4 840
    100%
  • AMD FX-4300
    108%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Phenom II X4 840
    100%
  • AMD FX-4300
    119%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Phenom II X4 840
    101%
  • AMD FX-4300
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Phenom II X4 840

None

Reasons to consider AMD FX-4300

19% higher single threaded performance.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD FX-4300
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
NX bit
AMD Virtualization
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD FX-4300
ArchitectureAMD K10vsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenamePropusvsVishera
Release DateJan 2011vsOct 2012

Cores

AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD FX-4300
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD FX-4300
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs192 KB
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs4096 KB
L3 Cache0 KBvs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD FX-4300
SocketAMD Socket AM3vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size169mm²vs315mm²
Process45 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD FX-4300
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3800 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs4000 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltage1.4 Vvs1.425 V
TDP95 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Phenom II X4 840
    2016 points
  • AMD FX-4300
    2440 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Phenom II X4 840
    8064 points
  • AMD FX-4300
    7603 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD Phenom II X4 840
    5504
  • AMD FX-4300
    5412

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD Phenom II X4 840
    1627
  • AMD FX-4300
    1941

points - higher is better