Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Sempron 140

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Primary details

Comparing Sempron 140 and Ryzen 9 7940HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated301
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiencyno data51.73
Architecture codenameSargas (2009−2011)Phoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date22 July 2009 (15 years ago)January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$40no data

Detailed specifications

Sempron 140 and Ryzen 9 7940HS 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads116
Base clock speed2.7 GHz4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz5.2 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm4 nm
Die size117 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors234 million25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Sempron 140 and Ryzen 9 7940HS 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 configuration11
SocketAM3FP8
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Sempron 140 and Ryzen 9 7940HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataRyzen AI, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Sempron 140 and Ryzen 9 7940HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Sempron 140 and Ryzen 9 7940HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)AMD Radeon 780M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Sempron 140 and Ryzen 9 7940HS.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Sempron 140 486
Ryzen 9 7940HS 30393
+6154%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Sempron 140 310
Ryzen 9 7940HS 2460
+694%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Sempron 140 316
Ryzen 9 7940HS 11562
+3559%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 8
Threads 1 16
Chip lithography 45 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 9 7940HS has 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, a 1025% more advanced lithography process, and 28.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Sempron 140 and Ryzen 9 7940HS. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Sempron 140 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 9 7940HS is a notebook one.


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