AMD Sempron 140 vs AMD Phenom II X4 925

Comparative analysis of AMD Sempron 140 and AMD Phenom II X4 925 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, 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Sempron 140

AMD Phenom II X4 925

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 140

CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt

Launch date	July 2009 vs May 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 925

3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.8 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 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1150 vs 1038
4.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2277 vs 492
Around 10% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 357 vs 324
3.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1147 vs 328

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.8 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	1150 vs 1038
PassMark - CPU mark	2277 vs 492
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	357 vs 324
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1147 vs 328

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Sempron 140
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 925

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1038

1150

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

492

2277

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

324

357

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

328

1147

Name	AMD Sempron 140	AMD Phenom II X4 925
PassMark - Single thread mark	1038	1150
PassMark - CPU mark	492	2277
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	324	357
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	328	1147
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		1.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		10.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.197
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		3.231

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Sempron 140	AMD Phenom II X4 925
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sargas	Deneb
Launch date	July 2009	May 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$40	$160
Place in performance rating	2741	2976
Price now	$39.59	$43.99
Value for money (0-100)	5.46	22.90
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117 mm	258 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	2.7 GHz	2.8 GHz
Number of cores	1	4
Transistor count	234 million	758 million
L3 cache		6144 KB (shared)
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	95 Watt