Mobile Sempron M120 vs Athlon II P340
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3228 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon II | AMD Mobile Sempron |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Caspian (2009) |
| Release date | 4 October 2010 (15 years ago) | 10 September 2009 (16 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II P340 and Mobile Sempron M120 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 40 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II P340 and Mobile Sempron M120 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.
| Socket | S1g4 | S |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 MB | 512 KB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II P340 and Mobile Sempron M120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | SSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVM | SSE, SSE2, SSE3, 3DNow, Enhanced Virus Protection, MMX |
| VirusProtect | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 October 2010 | 10 September 2009 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 Watt | 512 Watt |
Athlon II P340 has an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 51100% lower power consumption.
Mobile Sempron M120, on the other hand, has a 12.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between AMD Athlon II P340 and AMD Mobile Sempron M120. We've got no test results to judge.
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