AMD Phenom X4 9650 vs AMD Sempron 3000+

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom X4 9650 and AMD Sempron 3000+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9650

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
• Around 44% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 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
• Around 96% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 904 vs 462
• 6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1713 vs 286

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 3000+

• Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 62 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom X4 9650
CPU 2: AMD Sempron 3000+

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	904 462
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1713 286

Compare specifications (specs)