AMD Sempron X2 2100 vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-57

Comparative analysis of AMD Sempron X2 2100 and AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron X2 2100

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 90 nm
• Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 104 Watt
• Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 557 vs 552
• Around 81% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 936 vs 517

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 FX-57

• Around 56% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Sempron X2 2100
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 FX-57

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	557 552
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	936 517

Compare specifications (specs)