CPU Comparison

A

AMD

AMD

AMD Athlon X4 840

CORE STATE Kaveri

CORE SPECS 4 Cores / 4 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.1 Base / 3.8 GHz Turbo

CACHE —

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Steamroller

nm

PROCESS 28 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2014

VS

i

Intel

INTEL

Core i7-4790

CORE STATE Haswell

CORE SPECS 4 Cores / 8 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.6 Base / 4 GHz Turbo

CACHE 8 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 84W

ARCHITECTURE Haswell

nm

PROCESS 22 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2014

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

285

622

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

1,189

2,593

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

168

365

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

2,833

6,174

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

400

871

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

N/A

87

passmark_data_compression

N/A

109,623

passmark_data_encryption

N/A

2,035

passmark_extended_instructions

N/A

6,835

passmark_find_prime_numbers

N/A

32

passmark_floating_point_math

N/A

13,104

passmark_integer_math

N/A

26,129

passmark_multithread

N/A

7,264

passmark_physics

N/A

498

passmark_random_string_sorting

N/A

14,790

passmark_single_thread

N/A

2,228

passmark_singlethread

N/A

2,228

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

Athlon X4 840

i7-4790

Core Specs

Cores

4

4 0.0%

Threads

4

8 +100.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.1

3.6 +16.1%

Boost Clock (GHz)

3.8

4 +5.3%

Frequency (GHz)

3.1

3.6 +16.1%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

3.8

4 +5.3%

Multiplier

31

36 +16.1%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

256 KB

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

4 MB

256 KB (per core)

L3 Cache

—

8 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

84 +29.2%

Architecture

Architecture

Steamroller

Haswell

Codename

Kaveri

Haswell

Generation

Athlon (Kaveri)

Core i7 (Haswell)

Process Size

28 nm

22 nm

Transistors

2,411 million

1,400 million

Die Size

245 mm²

177 mm²

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR3

DDR3

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

34.1 GB/s

25.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket FM2+

Intel Socket 1150

Chipsets

A88X, A85X, A78, A75, A68H

Z87, H87, Z97, H97

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

Intel HD 4600

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

End-of-life

End-of-life

Launch Price

—

$312

Part Number

AD840XYBJABOXAD840XYBI44JA

SR1QF

Package

µPGA

FC-LGA12C

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