AMD Sempron 140 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250

Comparative analysis of AMD Sempron 140 and AMD Athlon II X2 250 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Sempron 140

AMD Athlon II X2 250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 140

CPU is newer: launch date 0 month(s) later
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Launch date	July 2009 vs June 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 250

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 11% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
2x 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 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1199 vs 1038
2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1170 vs 492
Around 10% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 357 vs 324
Around 96% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 642 vs 328

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB vs 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB vs 1024 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1199 vs 1038
PassMark - CPU mark	1170 vs 492
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	357 vs 324
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	642 vs 328

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Sempron 140
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X2 250

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1038

1199

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

492

1170

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

324

357

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

328

642

Name	AMD Sempron 140	AMD Athlon II X2 250
PassMark - Single thread mark	1038	1199
PassMark - CPU mark	492	1170
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	324	357
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	328	642
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1.714

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Sempron 140	AMD Athlon II X2 250
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sargas	Regor
Launch date	July 2009	June 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$40	$39
Place in performance rating	2741	3204
Price now	$39.59	$189.95
Value for money (0-100)	5.46	2.70
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117 mm	117 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core)	2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	2.7 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	1	2
Transistor count	234 million	410 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)	45 Watt	65 Watt