AMD Sempron 140 vs Intel Core i7-960

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General info

Comparing Core i7-960 and Sempron 140 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1730not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.01no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesCore i7 (Desktop)no data
Architecture codenameBloomfield (2008−2010)Sargas (2009−2011)
Release dateOctober 2009 (14 years old)July 2009 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$316$40
Current price$170 (0.5x MSRP)$94 (2.4x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Core i7-960 and Sempron 140 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads81
Base clock speed3.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.46 GHz2.7 GHz
Bus support1333 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size263 mm2117 mm2
Maximum core temperature68 °Cno data
Number of transistors731 million234 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-960 and Sempron 140 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCLGA1366AM3
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-960 and Sempron 140. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI-no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE36 Bitno data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core i7-960 and Sempron 140 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-960 and Sempron 140 are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-960 and Sempron 140. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size24 GBno data
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-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.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i7-960 3336
+586%
Sempron 140 486

Core i7-960 outperforms Sempron 140 by 586% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i7-960 491
+58.4%
Sempron 140 310

Core i7-960 outperforms Sempron 140 by 58% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i7-960 1663
+426%
Sempron 140 316

Core i7-960 outperforms Sempron 140 by 426% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Advantages and disadvantages


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 8 1
Cost $316 $40
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 45 Watt

We couldn't decide between Core i7-960 and Sempron 140. We've got no test results to judge.


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