Intel Core i7-940XM vs AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition

What is the difference between Intel Core i7-940XM and AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

463Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score416
1595Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1394
2367PassMark CPU Mark Rating
1268PassMark Single Thread Rating

Processor Specs

Intel Core i7-940XMProcessorAMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
2130 MHzFrequency3200 MHz
3330 MHzMaximum Frequency
4Cores4
8Threads4
55 WTDP125 W
ClarksfieldCodenameDeneb
PGA988PackageSocket AM3

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

467Single-Core Score418
1791Multi-Core Score1420
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Alienware M15xModelGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-970A-UD3
Alienware 476347MotherboardGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-970A-UD3
BalancedPower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i7-940XMNameAMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 3
2.13 GHzBase Frequency3.20 GHz
3324 MHzMaximum Frequency3205 MHz
Socket 989 rPGAPackageSocket AM3 (938)
ClarksfieldCodenameDeneb
32.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache64.0 KB x 4
256 KB x 4L2 Cache512 KB x 4
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache6.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize4.00 GB
661 MHzFrequency804 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
2Channels1

Geekbench 5 result (single)

467Single-Core Score418
51Crypto Score62
452Integer Score465
570Floating Point Score 376
51
89.6 MB/sec
AES-XTS62
108.7 MB/sec
641
3.24 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)573
2.90 MB/sec
489
23.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression570
27.0 Mpixels/sec
455
1.28 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)418
1.18 MTE/sec
384
451.2 KElements/sec
HTML5487
572.2 KElements/sec
383
119.9 Krows/sec
SQLite467
146.4 Krows/sec
428
23.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering458
24.9 Mpixels/sec
385
122.7 KB/sec
Text Rendering392
124.9 KB/sec
497
3.87 Klines/sec
Clang509
3.97 Klines/sec
457
5.29 images/sec
Camera361
4.19 images/sec
534
668.1 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics331
414.4 Kpairs/sec
583
3612.8 FPS
Rigid Body Physics481
2981.8 FPS
512
28.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur285
15.6 Mpixels/sec
620
4.77 images/sec
Face Detection301
2.31 images/sec
478
11.8 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection332
8.17 Mpixels/sec
966
47.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting701
34.4 Mpixels/sec
956
13.0 Mpixels/sec
HDR718
9.78 Mpixels/sec
615
493.6 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing417
334.5 Kpixels/sec
405
3.63 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion244
2.19 Kpixels/sec
689
22.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition448
14.3 Words/sec
275
10.6 images/sec
Machine Learning206
7.95 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1791Multi-Core Score1420
191Crypto Score244
1892Integer Score1571
1838Floating Point Score 1290
191
333.0 MB/sec
AES-XTS244
426.1 MB/sec
2852
14.4 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)2081
10.5 MB/sec
2296
108.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression2177
103.0 Mpixels/sec
1621
4.57 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)828
2.33 MTE/sec
1778
2.09 MElements/sec
HTML51863
2.19 MElements/sec
1803
565.0 Krows/sec
SQLite1821
570.5 Krows/sec
2035
110.4 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1610
87.4 Mpixels/sec
1490
474.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering1088
346.7 KB/sec
1986
15.5 Klines/sec
Clang1993
15.5 Klines/sec
1517
17.6 images/sec
Camera1309
15.2 images/sec
1960
2.45 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1215
1.52 Mpairs/sec
2240
13878.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1906
11807.2 FPS
1429
78.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur997
54.8 Mpixels/sec
2018
15.5 images/sec
Face Detection1197
9.22 images/sec
2178
53.7 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection1180
29.1 Mpixels/sec
2944
144.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2323
114.0 Mpixels/sec
3408
46.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR2599
35.4 Mpixels/sec
2216
1.78 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1678
1.35 Mpixels/sec
1053
9.44 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion929
8.32 Kpixels/sec
1795
57.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1106
35.3 Words/sec
698
27.0 images/sec
Machine Learning484
18.7 images/sec