AMD Phenom II X4 840T vs AMD Sempron 140

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 840T and AMD Sempron 140 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 840T

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1264 vs 1037
  • 4.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2330 vs 486
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2010 vs July 2009
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1264 vs 1037
PassMark - CPU mark 2330 vs 486

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 140

  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 840T
CPU 2: AMD Sempron 140

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1264
1037
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2330
486
Name AMD Phenom II X4 840T AMD Sempron 140
PassMark - Single thread mark 1264 1037
PassMark - CPU mark 2330 486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 9.486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.186
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 324
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 328

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X4 840T AMD Sempron 140

Essentials

Architecture codename Zosma Sargas
Launch date September 2010 July 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $80 $40
Place in performance rating 2713 2738
Price now $69.99 $39.59
Value for money (0-100) 15.15 5.46
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 346 mm 117 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 1024 KB (per core)
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz 2.7 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Transistor count 904 million 234 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 45 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)