Mobile Sempron SI-42 vs Phenom II X4 N970
Aggregate performance score
Phenom II X4 N970 outperforms Mobile Sempron SI-42 by a whopping 389% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2727 | 3493 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 4x AMD Phenom II | AMD Mobile Sempron |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Sable (2008−2009) |
| Release date | 16 December 2010 (14 years ago) | 1 September 2009 (16 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X4 N970 and Mobile Sempron SI-42 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X4 N970 and Mobile Sempron SI-42 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 | S1 | S1g2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 MB | 512 KB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Mobile Sempron SI-42. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 65 nm, 1.075 - 1.125 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.93 | 0.19 |
| Recency | 16 December 2010 | 1 September 2009 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 Watt | 512 Watt |
Phenom II X4 N970 has a 389.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 25500% lower power consumption.
The AMD Phenom II X4 N970 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Mobile Sempron SI-42 in performance tests.
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