AMD Athlon II X2 240 vs AMD Sempron 3800+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 240 and AMD Sempron 3800+ 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, 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon II X2 240

AMD Sempron 3800+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 240

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 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 90 nm
2x 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
2.6x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1081 vs 422
2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1044 vs 360

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	July 2009 vs October 2006
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache	256 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB vs 256 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1081 vs 422
PassMark - CPU mark	1044 vs 360

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 3800+

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 Athlon II X2 240
CPU 2: AMD Sempron 3800+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1081

422

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1044

360

Name	AMD Athlon II X2 240	AMD Sempron 3800+
PassMark - Single thread mark	1081	422
PassMark - CPU mark	1044	360
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	338
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.093
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1.779

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X2 240	AMD Sempron 3800+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Regor	Manila
Launch date	July 2009	October 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$35	$21
Place in performance rating	3101	3104
Price now	$15.99	$21
Value for money (0-100)	30.24	7.75
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117 mm	103 mm
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	90 nm
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Transistor count	410 million	81 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	62 Watt