Athlon 64 X2 5400+ vs Mobile Sempron SI-40

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Primary details

Comparing Mobile Sempron SI-40 and Athlon 64 X2 5400+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Mobile Sempronno data
Power efficiencyno data0.60
Architecture codenameSable (2008−2009)Windsor (2006−2007)
Release date4 July 2008 (16 years ago)December 2006 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Mobile Sempron SI-40 and Athlon 64 X2 5400+ 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Boost clock speed2 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus rate1800 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache512 KB512 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data220 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Mobile Sempron SI-40 and Athlon 64 X2 5400+ 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
SocketS1g2AM2
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Mobile Sempron SI-40 and Athlon 64 X2 5400+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions65 nm, 1.075 - 1.125Vno data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 65 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 89 Watt

Mobile Sempron SI-40 has a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 256% lower power consumption.

Athlon 64 X2 5400+, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Mobile Sempron SI-40 and Athlon 64 X2 5400+. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Mobile Sempron SI-40 is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 X2 5400+ is a desktop one.


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AMD Mobile Sempron SI-40
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