AMD Phenom II X4 925 vs AMD Sempron 3000+

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 925 and AMD Sempron 3000+ 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 925

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 75% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 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
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1150 vs 530
  • 7.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2277 vs 299
Specifications (specs)
Launch date May 2009 vs May 2006
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 256 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1150 vs 530
PassMark - CPU mark 2277 vs 299

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 3000+

  • Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 62 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 62 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 925
CPU 2: AMD Sempron 3000+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1150
530
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2277
299
Name AMD Phenom II X4 925 AMD Sempron 3000+
PassMark - Single thread mark 1150 530
PassMark - CPU mark 2277 299
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 357
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1147
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 10.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.197
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.231

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X4 925 AMD Sempron 3000+

Essentials

Architecture codename Deneb Manila
Launch date May 2009 May 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $160 $50
Place in performance rating 2976 2949
Price now $43.99 $49.95
Value for money (0-100) 22.90 2.41
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 258 mm 103 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 256 KB
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz 1.6 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Transistor count 758 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) 95 Watt 62 Watt