AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Sempron 3100+
Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 250 and AMD Sempron 3100+ 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 250
- CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
- Around 67% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 1.8 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
- 3.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1198 vs 383
- 3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1163 vs 298
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | June 2009 vs April 2005 |
Number of cores | 2 vs 1 |
Maximum frequency | 3 GHz vs 1.8 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 | 1198 vs 383 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 1163 vs 298 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 3100+
- 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 250
CPU 2: AMD Sempron 3100+
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Athlon II X2 250 | AMD Sempron 3100+ |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1198 | 383 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 1163 | 298 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 357 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 642 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score | 0 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 0.343 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 5.142 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.089 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 0.184 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1.714 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 | AMD Sempron 3100+ | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Regor | Palermo |
Launch date | June 2009 | April 2005 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $39 | $60 |
Place in performance rating | 3194 | 3171 |
Price now | $189.95 | $60 |
Value for money (0-100) | 2.70 | 2.22 |
Vertical segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Performance |
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64 bit support | ||
Die size | 117 mm | 84 mm |
L1 cache | 256 KB | 128 KB |
L2 cache | 2048 KB | 256 KB |
Manufacturing process technology | 45 nm | 90 nm |
Maximum frequency | 3 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
Number of cores | 2 | 1 |
Transistor count | 410 million | 63 million |
Memory |
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Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
Sockets supported | AM3 | 754 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt | 62 Watt |