AMD Sempron 140 vs AMD Athlon 64 4000+

Comparative analysis of AMD Sempron 140 and AMD Athlon 64 4000+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Sempron 140

AMD Athlon 64 4000+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 140

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 13% higher clock speed: 2.7 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
Around 98% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 89 Watt
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1038 vs 677

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	July 2009 vs October 2004
Maximum frequency	2.7 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 89 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1038 vs 677

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 4000+

Around 24% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 608 vs 492

Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	608 vs 492

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Sempron 140
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 4000+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1038

677

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

492

608

Name	AMD Sempron 140	AMD Athlon 64 4000+
PassMark - Single thread mark	1038	677
PassMark - CPU mark	492	608
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	324
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	328

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Sempron 140	AMD Athlon 64 4000+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sargas	San Diego
Launch date	July 2009	October 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$40	$160
Place in performance rating	2741	2743
Price now	$39.59	$11.99
Value for money (0-100)	5.46	14.88
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117 mm	115 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core)	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	90 nm
Maximum frequency	2.7 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	234 million	105 million
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	939
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	89 Watt