AMD Sempron 130 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+

Comparative analysis of AMD Sempron 130 and AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 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.

AMD Sempron 130

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 130

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 18% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
Around 98% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 89 Watt

Launch date	August 2011 vs May 2006
Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 89 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1285 vs 511

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	1285 vs 511

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Sempron 130
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

511

1285

Name	AMD Sempron 130	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
PassMark - Single thread mark	1059	0
PassMark - CPU mark	511	1285
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		219
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		398

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Sempron 130	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sargas	Manchester
Launch date	August 2011	May 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$25	$309
Place in performance rating	2242	3318
Price now	$24.99	$179.95
Value for money (0-100)	7.73	1.80
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117 mm	156 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	512 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	90 nm
Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	1	2
Transistor count	234 million	154 million
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	939
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	89 Watt