AMD Sempron 140 vs Athlon II 170u |
Released July, 2009
AMD Sempron 140
- 2.7 GHz
- Single core
Reasons to buy the AMD Sempron 140
 | Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.93 GHz |
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First seen on June, 2012
AMD Athlon II 170u
- 2 GHz
- Single core
Reasons to buy the Athlon II 170u
| | Much lower typical power consumption 16.25W | | Much higher Maximum operating temperature 80 °C |
| | Much lower annual home energy cost 4.82 $/year | | Much lower annual commercial energy cost 17.52 $/year |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.93 GHz | vs | 2 GHz | More than 95% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 16.25W | vs | 36.56W | 2.2x lower typical power consumption | |||
| Much higher Maximum operating temperature | 80 °C | vs | 63 °C | More than 25% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
| Much lower annual home energy cost | 4.82 $/year | vs | 10.84 $/year | 2.2x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 17.52 $/year | vs | 39.42 $/year | 2.2x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Sempron 140 vs Athlon II 170u
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
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Sempron 140 | vs | Athlon II 170u |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 2 GHz | |
| Cores | Single core | Single core | |
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 | |
bus | |||
| Clock speed | 2,000 MHz | 1,800 MHz | |
details | Sempron 140 | vs | Athlon II 170u |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 1 | 1 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 45 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 63°C | Unknown - 80°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.69 GHz | 3.11 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.93 GHz | 2 GHz | |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 1,557.8 | 1,383.9 | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.69 GHz | 3.11 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 45W | 20W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 10.84 $/year | 4.82 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 39.42 $/year | 17.52 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 1.95 pt/W | 3.3 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 36.56W | 16.25W | |
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