Xeon 6980P vs Mobile Sempron M120

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Primary details

Comparing Mobile Sempron M120 and Xeon 6980P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Mobile Sempronno data
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Granite Rapids (2024)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Mobile Sempron M120 and Xeon 6980P 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)128
Threads1256
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB112 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data504 MB (shared)
Chip lithography40 nm5 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data80 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Mobile Sempron M120 and Xeon 6980P 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 data2
SocketS7529
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Mobile Sempron M120 and Xeon 6980P. 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+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Mobile Sempron M120 and Xeon 6980P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Mobile Sempron M120 and Xeon 6980P are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Mobile Sempron M120 and Xeon 6980P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

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 Xeon 6980P.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data96

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2009 24 September 2024
Physical cores 1 128
Threads 1 256
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 500 Watt

Mobile Sempron M120 has 1900% lower power consumption.

Xeon 6980P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, 12700% more physical cores and 25500% more threads, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Mobile Sempron M120 and Xeon 6980P. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Mobile Sempron M120 is a notebook processor while Xeon 6980P is a server/workstation one.


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