AMD Phenom II X4 840T vs AMD Sempron LE-1200

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 840T and AMD Sempron LE-1200 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 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 38% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1272 vs 551
  • 6.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2360 vs 349
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2010 vs August 2007
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1272 vs 551
PassMark - CPU mark 2360 vs 349

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron LE-1200

  • 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 LE-1200

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1272
551
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2360
349
Name AMD Phenom II X4 840T AMD Sempron LE-1200
PassMark - Single thread mark 1272 551
PassMark - CPU mark 2360 349
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 842
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 835

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X4 840T AMD Sempron LE-1200

Essentials

Architecture codename Zosma Sparta
Launch date September 2010 August 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $80
Place in performance rating 2712 2699
Price now $69.99
Value for money (0-100) 15.15
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 346 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 512 KB
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz 2.1 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Transistor count 904 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 45 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)