AMD Phenom II X4 P960 vs AMD Mobile Sempron SI-42

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 P960 and AMD Mobile Sempron SI-42 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 P960

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
• 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
• 3 more threads: 4 vs 1
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 737 vs 637
• 5.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1386 vs 245
• Around 23% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1087 vs 887
• 3.8x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3140 vs 829

Reasons to consider the AMD Mobile Sempron SI-42

• Around 17% higher clock speed: 2.1 GHz vs 1.8 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 P960
CPU 2: AMD Mobile Sempron SI-42

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	737 637
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1386 245
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1087 887
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	3140 829

Compare specifications (specs)