AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs AMD Sempron LE-1300

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X2 B55 and AMD Sempron LE-1300 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X2 B55

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 30% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 96% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1201 vs 614
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1183 vs 417
  • Around 75% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1851 vs 1056
  • 2.9x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2854 vs 1001
Specifications (specs)
Launch date October 2009 vs October 2007
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1201 vs 614
PassMark - CPU mark 1183 vs 417
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1851 vs 1056
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2854 vs 1001

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron LE-1300

  • Around 78% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 80 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 80 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X2 B55
CPU 2: AMD Sempron LE-1300

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1201
614
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1183
417
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1851
1056
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
2854
1001
Name AMD Phenom II X2 B55 AMD Sempron LE-1300
PassMark - Single thread mark 1201 614
PassMark - CPU mark 1183 417
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1851 1056
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2854 1001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 10.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.556

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X2 B55 AMD Sempron LE-1300

Essentials

Architecture codename Callisto Sparta
Launch date October 2009 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $48 $12
Place in performance rating 2504 2507
Price now $48 $20
Value for money (0-100) 11.85 8.92
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 258 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 512 KB
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 2.3 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Transistor count 758 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 45 Watt