AMD Sempron 140

The AMD Sempron 140 is a desktop processor recorded with 1 core and 1 thread, built on AMD’s K10 architecture and codenamed Sargas. It has a base clock of 2.70 GHz, no boost clock, a 45 W TDP, and fits AMD Socket AM3. The generation field is “Sempron (Sargas)”, and the market segment is Desktop. The release date is 2009-07-21, and the production status is end-of-life. The benchmark record is sparse: the benchmarks array is empty, the average benchmark score is 0, and the nearestRivals array is empty. The only positional metric is percentileVsAllCpus = 50, which places the chip at the midpoint of the CPU list.

How It Compares

The nearestRivals array contains no entries. There are consequently no rival names, no comparative scores, and no deltaPct values to report. The Sempron 140 has no adjacent database entries against which a direct performance margin can be calculated. The series field is also null, so the processor is not grouped into any broader product series within the record.

The only quantitative comparison point is percentileVsAllCpus = 50. A 50th percentile rank means the part falls exactly in the middle of all CPUs in the database. That position, however, is not supported by any measured workload: the average benchmark score is 0, and the benchmarks list is empty. The percentile is therefore a database rank rather than a tested performance result. Without nearestRivals entries, there is no way to say how the Sempron 140 compares with any specific competitor in terms of score or percentage difference.

Power and Thermals

The processor’s thermal design power is 45 W. This is a low-power class for a desktop chip, implying that a modest cooling solution is sufficient. The record does not name a cooler or list a thermal solution, so the implied cooling tier is based on the 45 W TDP. A part in this TDP class does not suggest a large or aggressive cooler requirement.

The physical implementation is a 45 nm process with 234 million transistors on a 117 mm² die. The fixed 2.70 GHz base clock and the absence of a boost clock mean the processor has one operating frequency rather than a range of turbo states. Thermal behavior is therefore tied to a constant frequency. The integrated graphics entry is listed as “On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)”, which indicates that any graphics path is a chipset feature rather than a universal part of the processor package.

Memory support is DDR3 over a dual-channel bus, and ECC memory is not supported. No memory bandwidth figure is listed, so memory-related power or bandwidth behavior cannot be quantified from the data. The 45 W TDP, the 45 nm process node, and the 2.70 GHz clock together outline the thermal envelope, but the database does not provide measured temperature or cooling results.

Single-Thread vs Multi-Thread Behavior

The Sempron 140 has 1 core and 1 thread. It can execute exactly one thread at a time. There is no second core, and no additional logical thread is available to assist with concurrent work. Multi-threaded scaling is not possible because threads = 1; any workload that expects concurrent execution will be serialized onto this single thread.

Because no boost clock is present, the base clock of 2.70 GHz is the maximum clock. The fixed clock defines the single-thread execution rate. In a single-threaded task, the processor has access to 128 KB of L1 cache and 1 MB of L2 cache per core. Since there is 1 core, these are also the total cache amounts. The L3 cache field is null, totalL3 is null, and vCache3d is null, so no L3 cache is listed and no 3D V-Cache is present.

The cache layout favors a lone thread: all 1 MB of L2 is private to that thread, and the 128 KB L1 is dedicated to it. There is no shared cache to arbitrate between cores, because only one core exists. This can benefit single-threaded workloads that fit within the private caches, but the record does not include a single-thread benchmark score to confirm the magnitude. The processor’s multiplierUnlocked field is false, so the multiplier is not an adjustment path for raising the clock.

The multi-thread side is structurally empty. The data shows no multi-thread benchmark results, and the architecture gives no way to execute concurrent threads. The single-thread versus multi-thread contrast is therefore binary: the processor is entirely single-threaded. For real workloads, the execution profile is defined by the 2.70 GHz clock, the K10 core, the private cache sizes, the DDR3 dual-channel memory path, and the absence of any L3 cache.

FAQ

Q: What socket does the AMD Sempron 140 use?

A: It uses AMD Socket AM3.

Q: How many cores and threads does it have, and what is the clock speed?

A: It has 1 core and 1 thread, with a base clock of 2.70 GHz and no boost clock.

Q: What is the TDP, and what cooling class does that imply?

A: The TDP is 45 W. The data does not specify a cooler, but a 45 W desktop TDP implies a modest cooling solution.

Q: What memory support is listed?

A: The processor supports DDR3 memory on a dual-channel bus. ECC memory is not supported.

Q: Does the processor include integrated graphics?

A: Integrated graphics are listed as “On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)”. The graphics capability depends on the motherboard chipset rather than being present in every configuration.

Q: What is the release date and production status?

A: The release date is 2009-07-21, and production status is end-of-life.

Who Should Consider It

Any recommendation must start from the fact that no benchmark scores exist for this processor. The average benchmark score is 0, and the benchmarks array is empty. Therefore, the workload guidance below is based on the architecture and the 50th percentile database placement, not on measured gaming, creation, or office scores.

For gaming, the Sempron 140 has 1 core and 1 thread. Gaming workloads that rely on a single instruction stream can use the fixed 2.70 GHz clock, while workloads that require concurrent threads cannot be supported. The absence of an L3 cache and the lack of any additional thread mean there is no shared cache or secondary thread to help with multi-threaded game logic. No gaming score is stored in the record, so no frame-rate or performance-level claim can be tied to the data.

For content creation, tools that parallelize across cores will not scale on this processor. Threads = 1 means rendering, encoding, and compilation work is forced onto a single thread. The cache subsystem gives that one thread 128 KB of L1 and 1 MB of L2, with no L3, so creation tasks with working sets larger than the private caches will rely on the DDR3 dual-channel memory path. No creation benchmark scores are present, leaving the size of that limitation unquantified.

For office use, lightweight single-threaded applications can run on the 2.70 GHz clock, and the 45 W TDP indicates a low-power desktop platform. The memory support is DDR3 on a dual-channel bus, and the PCIe interface is Gen 2. Users who run a single application at a time and do not need ECC memory align with the feature set. Users who expect simultaneous multi-threaded responsiveness will be limited by the 1-core, 1-thread design.

The nearestRivals field being empty means there is no adjacent CPU to validate whether this gaming, creation, or office performance is above or below any competitor. The 50th percentile rank is the only placement signal, and it is not backed by a non-zero average benchmark score. The Sempron 140 is therefore best considered for single-threaded, low-power desktop workloads where multi-thread scaling is not a requirement.