AMD Sempron 140 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+

Comparative analysis of AMD Sempron 140 and AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 140

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 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 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1037 vs 1025
  • Around 16% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 324 vs 279
Specifications (specs)
Launch date July 2009 vs December 2006
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 89 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1037 vs 1025
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 324 vs 279

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 87% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 911 vs 486
  • Around 52% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 497 vs 328
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB vs 128 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 911 vs 486
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 497 vs 328

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Sempron 140
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1037
1025
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
486
911
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
324
279
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
328
497
Name AMD Sempron 140 AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
PassMark - Single thread mark 1037 1025
PassMark - CPU mark 486 911
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 324 279
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 328 497

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Sempron 140 AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+

Essentials

Architecture codename Sargas Windsor
Launch date July 2009 December 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $40
Place in performance rating 2738 2741
Price now $39.59 $149.95
Value for money (0-100) 5.46 2.91
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 117 mm 220 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 256 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2.7 GHz 2.8 GHz
Number of cores 1 2
Transistor count 234 million 227 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 89 Watt