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: 1162 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 1162 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
CPU 1
CPU 2
1198
383
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1162
298
Name AMD Athlon II X2 250 AMD Sempron 3100+
PassMark - Single thread mark 1198 383
PassMark - CPU mark 1162 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+

Essentials

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

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

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 754
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 62 Watt