Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 vs AMD Sempron 3800+

Comparative analysis of Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 and AMD Sempron 3800+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo E7400

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
• Around 27% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
• 12x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2.6x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1113 vs 422
• 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1041 vs 360

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 3800+

• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 62 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core 2 Duo E7400
CPU 2: AMD Sempron 3800+

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1113 422
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1041 360

Compare specifications (specs)