AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W) vs AMD Sempron 3500+

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W) and AMD Sempron 3500+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W)

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 50% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2 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
  • 16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Launch date April 2009 vs May 2006
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 2 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 128 KB

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 3500+

  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 62 Watt vs 125 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 62 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W)
CPU 2: AMD Sempron 3500+

Name AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W) AMD Sempron 3500+
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 14.5
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.125
PassMark - Single thread mark 264
PassMark - CPU mark 232

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W) AMD Sempron 3500+

Essentials

Architecture codename Deneb Manila
Launch date April 2009 May 2006
Place in performance rating 3269 3262
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $167
Price now $20
Value for money (0-100) 5.65

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 258 mm 103 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 128 KB
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 2 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) 125 Watt 62 Watt