AMD Sempron 2800+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+

Comparative analysis of AMD Sempron 2800+ and AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. 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 Sempron 2800+

• CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 90 nm
• Around 98% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 89 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
• Around 25% higher clock speed: 2 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 58% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 646 vs 408
• 3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 958 vs 243

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Sempron 2800+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	408 646
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	243 958

Compare specifications (specs)