AMD A6-3500 vs AMD Sempron 130

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-3500 and AMD Sempron 130 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-3500

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 1
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1420 vs 511
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 3 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 512 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1420 vs 511

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 130

  • Around 24% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1059 vs 963
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1059 vs 963

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-3500
CPU 2: AMD Sempron 130

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
963
1059
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1420
511
Name AMD A6-3500 AMD Sempron 130
PassMark - Single thread mark 963 1059
PassMark - CPU mark 1420 511
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 307
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 770
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1.595
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.083
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 26.895
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4450
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4450

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A6-3500 AMD Sempron 130

Essentials

Architecture codename Llano Sargas
Launch date August 2011 August 2011
Place in performance rating 2250 2251
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $25
Price now $24.99
Value for money (0-100) 7.73

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 228 mm 117 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 2.1 GHz 2.6 GHz
Number of cores 3 1
Transistor count 1178 million 234 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FM1 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)