AMD A8-3520M vs AMD Mobile Sempron SI-42

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-3520M and AMD Mobile Sempron SI-42 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3520M

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
• 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
• 3 more threads: 4 vs 1
• Around 19% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
• 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 32% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 840 vs 637
• 5.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1453 vs 245

Reasons to consider the AMD Mobile Sempron SI-42

• Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
• 3.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 887 vs 274
• Around 4% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 829 vs 798

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-3520M
CPU 2: AMD Mobile Sempron SI-42

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	840 637
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1453 245
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	274 887
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	798 829

Compare specifications (specs)