Intel Pentium E5400 vs AMD Sempron 3800+

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium E5400 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium E5400

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 23% higher clock speed: 2.7 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1076 vs 422
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 978 vs 360
Specifications (specs)
Launch date January 2009 vs October 2006
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.7 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 90 nm
L2 cache 2048 KB (shared) vs 256 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1076 vs 422
PassMark - CPU mark 978 vs 360

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 3800+

  • Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 62 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 62 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium E5400
CPU 2: AMD Sempron 3800+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1076
422
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
978
360
Name Intel Pentium E5400 AMD Sempron 3800+
PassMark - Single thread mark 1076 422
PassMark - CPU mark 978 360
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 318
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.302
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 13.111
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.076
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.098

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium E5400 AMD Sempron 3800+

Essentials

Architecture codename Wolfdale Manila
Launch date January 2009 October 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $55 $21
Place in performance rating 3116 3104
Price now $19.99 $21
Processor Number E5400
Series Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 23.54 7.75
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.70 GHz
Bus Speed 800 MHz FSB
Die size 82 mm2 103 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB (shared) 256 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 90 nm
Maximum core temperature 74.1°C
Maximum frequency 2.7 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Transistor count 228 million 81 million
VID voltage range 0.8500V-1.3625V

Memory

Supported memory types DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported LGA775 AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 62 Watt

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)