AMD Phenom X4 B99 vs AMD Sempron 150

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom X4 B99 and AMD Sempron 150 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 B99

  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1377 vs 1117
  • 4.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2536 vs 597
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 1
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1024 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1377 vs 1117
PassMark - CPU mark 2536 vs 597

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 150

  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom X4 B99
CPU 2: AMD Sempron 150

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1377
1117
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2536
597
Name AMD Phenom X4 B99 AMD Sempron 150
PassMark - Single thread mark 1377 1117
PassMark - CPU mark 2536 597
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1683
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1576

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom X4 B99 AMD Sempron 150

Essentials

Family AMD Phenom
OPN Tray HDXB99WFK4DGM
Place in performance rating 1833 1852
Series AMD Business Class - AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Sargas
Launch date December 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $73
Price now $44.95
Value for money (0-100) 4.62

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz
L2 cache 2 MB 1024 KB (per core)
Number of cores 4 1
Number of threads 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 117 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz
Transistor count 234 million

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM3 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 45 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3