AMD Athlon II X2 220 vs AMD Sempron LE-1250

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 220 and AMD Sempron LE-1250 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Athlon II X2 220

AMD Sempron LE-1250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 220

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 27% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
2.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1091 vs 508
3.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1043 vs 301

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	September 2010 vs October 2007
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1091 vs 508
PassMark - CPU mark	1043 vs 301

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron LE-1250

Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
2.8x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 955 vs 339
Around 52% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 918 vs 603

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	955 vs 339
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	918 vs 603

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 220
CPU 2: AMD Sempron LE-1250

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1091

508

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1043

301

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

339

955

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

603

918

Name	AMD Athlon II X2 220	AMD Sempron LE-1250
PassMark - Single thread mark	1091	508
PassMark - CPU mark	1043	301
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	339	955
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	603	918

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X2 220	AMD Sempron LE-1250
Essentials
Architecture codename	Regor	Sparta
Launch date	September 2010	October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$32	$29
Place in performance rating	2646	2652
Price now	$32.19	$99.95
Value for money (0-100)	14.92	1.60
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Transistor count	410 million
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt