AMD A4-3300 vs AMD Sempron 3000+

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-3300 and AMD Sempron 3000+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-3300

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 56% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 90% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 973 vs 511
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 942 vs 295
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2011 vs May 2006
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.5 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 256 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 973 vs 511
PassMark - CPU mark 942 vs 295

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 3000+

  • Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 62 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 62 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-3300
CPU 2: AMD Sempron 3000+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
973
511
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
942
295
Name AMD A4-3300 AMD Sempron 3000+
PassMark - Single thread mark 973 511
PassMark - CPU mark 942 295
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 274
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.503
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 71.876
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.657
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.739
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 360

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A4-3300 AMD Sempron 3000+

Essentials

Architecture codename Llano Manila
Launch date September 2011 May 2006
Place in performance rating 3001 2993
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $50
Price now $49.95
Value for money (0-100) 2.41

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 228 mm 103 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 256 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2.5 GHz 1.6 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Transistor count 1178 million 81 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FM1 AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 62 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)