AMD Mobile Sempron SI-40 vs Athlon 64 TF-20

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General info

Comparing Athlon 64 TF-20 and Mobile Sempron SI-40 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon 64AMD Mobile Sempron
Architecture codenameSherman (2009)Sable (2008−2009)
Release date1 May 2009 (14 years old)4 July 2008 (15 years old)
Current price$4.99 $7.54

Technical specs

Athlon 64 TF-20 and Mobile Sempron SI-40 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads11
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz2 GHz
Bus support667 MHz1800 MHz
L1 cache0.1 MBno data
L2 cache512 KB512 KB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 TF-20 and Mobile Sempron SI-40 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

SocketS1g1S1g2
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 TF-20 and Mobile Sempron SI-40. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection65 nm, 1.075 - 1.125V
VirusProtect+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Athlon 64 TF-20 612
Mobile Sempron SI-40 772
+26.1%

Mobile Sempron SI-40 outperforms Athlon 64 TF-20 by 26% in 3DMark06 CPU.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 May 2009 4 July 2008

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 TF-20 and Mobile Sempron SI-40. We've got no test results to judge.


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