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Intel Core i7-940 (AT80601000921AA / BX80601940 / BXC80601940)

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Specifications

General information
TypeCPU / Microprocessor
Market segmentDesktop
FamilyIntel Core i7
Model number  ? i7-940
CPU part numbersAT80601000921AA is an OEM/tray microprocessor
BX80601940 is a boxed processor (English version)
BXC80601940 is a boxed processor (Chinese version)
Frequency  ? 2933 MHz
Turbo frequency3200 MHz (1 core)
3067 MHz (2 cores or more)
Bus speed  ? 2400 MHz QPI
Package1366-land Flip-Chip Land Grid Array (FC-LGA8)
SocketSocket 1366 (LGA1366)
Weight1.2oz / 33.3g
Fan/heatsinkE29477-002
Introduction dateNov 17, 2008
Price at introduction$562
 
S-spec numbers
  ES/QS processors Production processors
Part number Q1CS SLBCK
AT80601000921AA++
BX80601940 +
BXC80601940 +
 
Architecture / Microarchitecture
MicroarchitectureNehalem (Nehalem)
PlatformX58
Processor core  ? Bloomfield
Core stepping  ? C0 (SLBCK)
CPUID106A4 (SLBCK)
Manufacturing process0.045 micron Hi-k metal gate technology
731 million transistors
Die size263mm2
Data width64 bit
The number of cores4
The number of threads8
Floating Point UnitIntegrated
Level 1 cache size  ? 4 x 32 KB instruction caches
4 x 32 KB data caches
Level 2 cache size  ? 4 x 256 KB
Level 3 cache sizeInclusive shared 8 MB cache
MultiprocessingUniprocessor
Features
  • MMX instruction set
  • SSE
  • SSE2
  • SSE3
  • Supplemental SSE3
  • SSE4.1  ? 
  • SSE4.2  ? 
  • EM64T technology  ? 
  • Hyper-Threading technology  ? 
  • Turbo Boost technology  ? 
  • Virtualization technology  ? 
  • Execute Disable bit  ? 
Low power features
  • Thread C1, C3 and C6 states
  • Core C1, C3 and C6 states
  • Package C3 and C6 states
  • Enhanced SpeedStep technology  ? 
On-chip peripherals
  • Integrated triple-channel DDR3 SDRAM Memory controller
  • Quick Path Interconnect
 
Electrical/Thermal parameters
V core  ? 0.8V - 1.375V
Minimum/Maximum operating temperature  ? 5°C - 67.9°C
Minimum/Maximum power dissipation  ? 12 Watt (TDP in C6 state) / 230.14 Watt
Thermal Design Power  ? 130 Watt
 
Notes on Intel AT80601000921AA
  • Memory controller supports DDR3-800 and DDR3-1066 memory
  CPUs, related to Intel Core i7-940  

Model Cores /
Threads		 Freq. Turbo
freq.		 L3
cache		 TDP Features
Intel Core i7 family, Socket 1366
   Intel Core i7-9204 / 82.66 GHz2.93 GHz8 MB130 Watt
   Intel Core i7-9304 / 82.8 GHz3.06 GHz8 MB130 Watt
   Intel Core i7-9504 / 83.06 GHz3.33 GHz8 MB130 Watt
   Intel Core i7-9604 / 83.2 GHz3.46 GHz8 MB130 Watt
   Intel Core i7-9706 / 123.2 GHz3.46 GHz12 MB130 WattAES
   Intel Core i7-9806 / 123.33 GHz3.6 GHz12 MB130 WattAES
Intel Core i7 family, Nehalem micro-architecture, Other sockets
   Intel Core i7-860S4 / 82.53 GHz3.46 GHz8 MB82 WattTXT
   Intel Core i7-8604 / 82.8 GHz3.46 GHz8 MB95 WattTXT
   Intel Core i7-870S4 / 82.66 GHz3.6 GHz8 MB82 WattTXT
   Intel Core i7-8704 / 82.93 GHz3.6 GHz8 MB95 WattTXT
   Intel Core i7-875K4 / 82.93 GHz3.6 GHz8 MB95 WattUnlock
   Intel Core i7-8804 / 83.06 GHz3.73 GHz8 MB95 WattTXT
Other families, Nehalem micro-architecture, Socket 1366
   Intel Core i7-9654 / 83.2 GHz3.46 GHz8 MB130 WattUnlock
   Intel Core i7-9754 / 83.33 GHz3.6 GHz8 MB130 WattUnlock
   Intel Core i7-980X6 / 123.33 GHz3.6 GHz12 MB130 WattAES, Unlock
   Intel Core i7-990X6 / 123.46 GHz3.73 GHz12 MB130 WattAES, Unlock

 • Highlighted numbers and features indicate whether specific processor performs better or worse than Core i7-940

 • Within each category, the CPUs are sorted from slower (at the top) to faster (at the bottom)

 • Features abbreviations:

AES - AES instructions
TXT - Trusted Execution
Unlock - Unlocked multiplier

Pictures (6)

 
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Core i7 I7-940 box
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  		Core i7 I7-940 box
 
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Core i7 I7-940 CPU
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S-Spec number SLBCK. Processor markings:
2.93GHZ/8M/4.80/08 		Core i7 I7-940 CPU

Benchmarks

  • Compare results with tested CPUs from one of the following families:
  • To compare benchmark results with all other microprocessors please
Tested processor
S-spec number:SLBCK
CPU ID:06A4h
CPU vendor string:GenuineIntel
CPU name string:Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 940 @ 2.93GHz

Integer performance

Part number   Result
Intel Core i5-2400  ? 
102.7%
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (95W)  ? 
102.5%
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W)  ? 
102.4%
Intel Core i7-2720QM (PGA)  ? 
101.9%
Intel Core i7-2670QM  ? 
100.6%
Intel Core i7-940  ? 
100%
Intel Core i5-2320  ? 
99.7%
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T  ? 
98.8%
Intel Core i5-2310  ? 
96.4%
Intel Core i7-860  ? 
96.1%
AMD FX-Series FX-8120  ? 
95.3%

Floating Point performance

Part number   Result
Intel Core i7-2600  ? 
115.5%
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T  ? 
104.4%
Intel Core i7-870  ? 
103.3%
Intel Core i7-875K  ? 
103.2%
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T  ? 
101.3%
Intel Core i7-940  ? 
100%
Intel Core i7-2720QM (PGA)  ? 
98.3%
AMD Phenom II X6 1075T (non-BE)  ? 
94.9%
Intel Core i7-860  ? 
94.6%
Intel Core i7-2670QM  ? 
92.6%
Intel Core i7-920  ? 
92.6%

MMX / SSE / SSE2 performance

Part number   Result
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T  ? 
104.1%
Intel Core i7-875K  ? 
103.9%
AMD FX-Series FX-8150  ? 
102.9%
Intel Core i7-870  ? 
102.1%
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T  ? 
100.9%
Intel Core i7-940  ? 
100%
Intel Core i7-2670QM  ? 
98.9%
AMD Phenom II X6 1075T (non-BE)  ? 
95.4%
Intel Core i7-860  ? 
93.6%
AMD Phenom II X6 1065T  ? 
92.4%
Intel Core i5-2500  ? 
92.2%

Memory-intensive program performance

Part number   Result
Intel Core i7-870  ? 
104.2%
Intel Core i7-875K  ? 
104.1%
Intel Core i5-760  ? 
102.2%
AMD Phenom II X4 980  ? 
100.4%
AMD Phenom II X4 975  ? 
100.2%
Intel Core i7-940  ? 
100%
AMD Phenom II X4 970 (rev. C3)  ? 
99.4%
Intel Core i7-860  ? 
98%
AMD FX-Series FX-8150  ? 
98%
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W)  ? 
97.8%
AMD Phenom II X4 970 (rev. E0)  ? 
97.8%

CPU ID (1)

NOTE: CPU ID information below was taken from one CPU and may include features that are not present in all different steppings of the Intel Core i7 I7-940 CPU.

Manufacturer:Intel
CPU Family:Core i7
Processor Number:I7-940
Frequency:2940 MHz
Part number:
AT80601000921AA
S-Spec Number:SLBCK
Comment:
Submitted by:CPU-World
General information
Vendor:GenuineIntel
Processor name (BIOS):Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 940 @ 2.93GHz
Cores:4
Logical processors:8
Processor type:Original OEM Processor
CPUID signature:106A4
Family: 6 (06h)
Model:26 (01Ah)
Stepping: 4 (04h)
TLB/Cache details:64-byte Prefetching
Data TLB0: 2-MB or 4-MB pages, 4-way associative, 32 entries
Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries
Instruction TLB: 2-MB or 4-MB pages, fully associative, 7 entries
Instruction TLB: 4-KB pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries
Shared 2nd-level TLB: 4 KB pages, 4-way set associative, 512 entries

Cache: L1 data L1 instruction L2 L3
Size: 32 KB 32 KB 256 KB 8 MB
Associativity: 8-way set
associative		 4-way set
associative		 8-way set
associative		 16-way set
associative
Line size: 64 bytes 64 bytes 64 bytes 64 bytes
 
Instruction set extensionsAdditional instructions
MMX CLFLUSH
SSE CMOV
SSE2 CMPXCHG16B
SSE3 CMPXCHG8B
SSSE3 FXSAVE/FXRSTORE
SSE4.1 MONITOR/MWAIT
SSE4.2 POPCNT
  SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
 
Major featuresOther features
On-chip Floating Point Unit 36-bit page-size extensions
64-bit / Intel 64 64-bit debug store
Hyper-Threading Technology Advanced programmable interrupt controller
Intel Virtualization CPL qualified debug store
Turbo Boost Debug store
Enhanced SpeedStep Debugging extensions
  Digital Thermal Sensor capability
  LAHF/SAHF support in 64-bit mode
  Machine check architecture
  Machine check exception
  Memory-type range registers
  Model-specific registers
  Page attribute table
  Page global extension
  Page-size extensions (4MB pages)
  Pending break enable
  Perfmon and Debug capability
  Physical address extensions
  RDTSCP
  Self-snoop
  TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states
  Thermal monitor
  Thermal monitor 2
  Thermal monitor and software controlled clock facilities
  Time stamp counter
  Virtual 8086-mode enhancements
  xTPR Update Control

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