Ryzen 5 8400F vs Mobile Sempron M120

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Primary details

Comparing Mobile Sempron M120 and Ryzen 5 8400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated457
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data64.44
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Mobile Sempronno data
Power efficiencyno data22.28
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Phoenix (2023−2024)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)1 April 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$170

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Mobile Sempron M120 and Ryzen 5 8400F basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads112
Base clock speedno data4.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz4.7 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography40 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Mobile Sempron M120 and Ryzen 5 8400F compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketSAM5
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Mobile Sempron M120 and Ryzen 5 8400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE, SSE2, SSE3, 3DNow, Enhanced Virus Protection, MMXno data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Mobile Sempron M120 and Ryzen 5 8400F are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Mobile Sempron M120 and Ryzen 5 8400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Mobile Sempron M120 and Ryzen 5 8400F.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2009 1 April 2024
Physical cores 1 6
Threads 1 12
Chip lithography 40 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt

Mobile Sempron M120 has 160% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 8400F, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Mobile Sempron M120 and Ryzen 5 8400F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Mobile Sempron M120 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 8400F is a desktop one.


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