Mobile Sempron M140 vs Phenom II X4 N970

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 N970 and Mobile Sempron M140 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2433not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series4x AMD Phenom IIAMD Mobile Sempron
Power efficiency2.80no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Caspian (2009)
Release date16 December 2010 (13 years ago)10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 N970 and Mobile Sempron M140 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz3200 MHz
L1 cache512 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
Chip lithography45 nm40 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 N970 and Mobile Sempron M140 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.

SocketS1S
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Mobile Sempron M140. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataAMD Virtualization, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, 3DNow, Enhanced Virus Protection, MMX
VirusProtect-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 December 2010 10 September 2009
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 25 Watt

Phenom II X4 N970 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Mobile Sempron M140, on the other hand, has a 12.5% more advanced lithography process, and 40% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 N970 and Mobile Sempron M140. We've got no test results to judge.


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