AMD Sempron 140 vs Athlon 64 X2 4400+ |
Released July, 2009
AMD Sempron 140
- 2.7 GHz
- Single core
Reasons to buy the AMD Sempron 140
 | Much newer manufacturing process 45 nm | | Much better PassMark (Single core) score 839 |
| | Significantly higher clock speed 2.7 GHz | | Much better performance per watt 1.95 pt/W |
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
- 2.3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Athlon 64 X2 4400+
| | More cores 2 | | More threads 2 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 45 nm | vs | 90 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
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| Much better PassMark (Single core) score | 839 | vs | 691 | More than 20% better PassMark (Single core) score | |||
| Significantly higher clock speed | 2.7 GHz | vs | 2.3 GHz | More than 15% higher clock speed | |||
| Much better performance per watt | 1.95 pt/W | vs | 0.89 pt/W | Around 2.2x better performance per watt | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.69 GHz | vs | 2.75 GHz | Around 35% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.5 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
| Significantly lower typical power consumption | 36.56W | vs | 52.81W | More than 30% lower typical power consumption | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.93 GHz | vs | 3.13 GHz | More than 25% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
| Significantly lower annual home energy cost | 10.84 $/year | vs | 15.66 $/year | More than 30% lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost | 39.42 $/year | vs | 56.94 $/year | More than 30% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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| More cores | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| More threads | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many threads | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Sempron 140 vs Athlon 64 X2 4400+
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Sempron 140 | vs | Athlon 64 X2 4400+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 2.3 GHz | |
| Cores | Single core | Dual core | |
| Socket type | |||
| AM3 | |||
| AM2 | |||
| 939 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
details | Sempron 140 | vs | Athlon 64 X2 4400+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 1 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 90 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.69 GHz | 2.75 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.93 GHz | 3.13 GHz | |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 1,557.8 | 1,605.4 | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.69 GHz | 2.75 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 45W | 65W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 10.84 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 39.42 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 1.95 pt/W | 0.89 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 36.56W | 52.81W | |
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