AMD Sempron 2500+ vs AMD Sempron 3300+

Comparative analysis of AMD Sempron 2500+ and AMD Sempron 3300+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Sempron 2500+

AMD Sempron 3300+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 2500+

CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 405 vs 394

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	July 2005 vs April 2005
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	405 vs 394

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 3300+

Around 43% higher clock speed: 2 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 315 vs 207

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	315 vs 207

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Sempron 2500+
CPU 2: AMD Sempron 3300+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

405

394

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

207

315

Name	AMD Sempron 2500+	AMD Sempron 3300+
PassMark - Single thread mark	405	394
PassMark - CPU mark	207	315

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Sempron 2500+	AMD Sempron 3300+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Palermo	Palermo
Launch date	July 2005	April 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$80	$30
Place in performance rating	3147	3161
Price now	$79.95	$60
Value for money (0-100)	1.24	2.37
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	84 mm	84 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Maximum frequency	1.4 GHz	2 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	63 million	63 million
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	754	754
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	62 Watt	62 Watt