AMD Sempron 2650 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E6420

Comparative analysis of AMD Sempron 2650 and Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. 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 2650

• Around 50% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 60.1°C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 65 nm
• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo E6420

• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 64% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 781 vs 477
• Around 36% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 752 vs 551
• Around 96% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 296 vs 151
• 2.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 541 vs 253

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Sempron 2650
CPU 2: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	477 781
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	551 752
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	151 296
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	253 541

Compare specifications (specs)