Ryzen 9 5900XT vs Mobile Sempron M120

Primary details

Comparing Mobile Sempron M120 and Ryzen 9 5900XT processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated165
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data67.25
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Mobile Sempronno data
Power efficiencyno data25.29
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Vermeer (2020−2024)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)31 July 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Mobile Sempron M120 and Ryzen 9 5900XT 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads132
Base clock speedno data3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz4.8 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data64 MB
Chip lithography40 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 74 mm2
Number of transistorsno data8,300 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Mobile Sempron M120 and Ryzen 9 5900XT 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 configurationno data1
SocketSAM4
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Mobile Sempron M120 and Ryzen 9 5900XT. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE, SSE2, SSE3, 3DNow, Enhanced Virus Protection, MMXno data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Mobile Sempron M120 and Ryzen 9 5900XT are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Mobile Sempron M120 and Ryzen 9 5900XT. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Mobile Sempron M120 and Ryzen 9 5900XT.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2009 31 July 2024
Physical cores 1 16
Threads 1 32
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 105 Watt

Mobile Sempron M120 has 320% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 5900XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Mobile Sempron M120 and Ryzen 9 5900XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Mobile Sempron M120 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 9 5900XT is a desktop one.


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