AMD Sempron 145 vs AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W)

Comparative analysis of AMD Sempron 145 and AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W) 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 145

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 125 Watt
Launch date September 2010 vs April 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 125 Watt

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

  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Sempron 145
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W)

Name AMD Sempron 145 AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W)
PassMark - Single thread mark 1033
PassMark - CPU mark 532
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 325
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 317
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

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Sempron 145 AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W)

Essentials

Architecture codename Sargas Deneb
Launch date September 2010 April 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $95
Place in performance rating 2739 3280
Price now $16.98
Value for money (0-100) 14.02
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 117 mm 258 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 1 4
Transistor count 234 million 758 million
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 125 Watt