AMD Athlon II X4 651 vs AMD Sempron LE-1200

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 651 and AMD Sempron LE-1200 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 651

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 43% higher clock speed: 3 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
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1287 vs 551
  • 7.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2500 vs 349
  • Around 60% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1335 vs 835
Specifications (specs)
Launch date November 2011 vs August 2007
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 65 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1287 vs 551
PassMark - CPU mark 2500 vs 349
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1335 vs 835

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron LE-1200

  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 842 vs 396
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 842 vs 396

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 651
CPU 2: AMD Sempron LE-1200

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1287
551
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2500
349
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
396
842
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1335
835
Name AMD Athlon II X4 651 AMD Sempron LE-1200
PassMark - Single thread mark 1287 551
PassMark - CPU mark 2500 349
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 396 842
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1335 835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.042
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.69

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X4 651 AMD Sempron LE-1200

Essentials

Architecture codename Llano Sparta
Launch date November 2011 August 2007
Place in performance rating 2708 2701
Price now $178.04
Value for money (0-100) 5.93
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 228 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 2.1 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Transistor count 1178 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FM1 AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 45 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)