AMD Sempron 3850 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260

Comparative analysis of AMD Sempron 3850 and AMD Athlon II X2 260 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 3850

• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
• 2x 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
• 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt
• 2.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 808 vs 369
• 3.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2143 vs 651

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 260

• 2.8x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1256 vs 448
• Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1178 vs 1150

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Sempron 3850
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X2 260

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	448 1256
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1150 1178
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	808 369
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	2143 651

Compare specifications (specs)