AMD Sempron 145 vs Athlon II X2 270 |
Released May, 2010
AMD Sempron 145
- 2.8 GHz
- Single core
Reasons to buy the AMD Sempron 145
 | Significantly lower typical power consumption 36.56W | | Slightly better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.05 GHz |
| | Significantly lower annual home energy cost 10.84 $/year | | Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost 39.42 $/year |
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Released May, 2011
AMD Athlon II X2 270
- 3.4 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Athlon II X2 270
| | Much more l2 cache 2 MB | | Much higher clock speed 3.4 GHz |
| | Much better PassMark score 1,990 | | Much better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score 3,028 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Significantly lower typical power consumption | 36.56W | vs | 52.81W | More than 30% lower typical power consumption | |||
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| Slightly better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.05 GHz | vs | 4.02 GHz | Almost the same | |||
| Significantly lower annual home energy cost | 10.84 $/year | vs | 15.66 $/year | More than 30% lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost | 39.42 $/year | vs | 56.94 $/year | More than 30% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.28 GHz | vs | 4.09 GHz | Around 5% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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| Much more l2 cache | 2 MB | vs | 1 MB | 2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
| Much higher clock speed | 3.4 GHz | vs | 2.8 GHz | More than 20% higher clock speed | |||
| Much better PassMark score | 1,990 | vs | 800 | Around 2.5x better PassMark score | |||
| Much better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score | 3,028 | vs | 1,332 | More than 2.2x better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score | |||
| More cores | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| More threads | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many threads | |||
| Newer | May, 2011 | vs | May, 2010 | Release date a year later | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Sempron 145 vs Athlon II X2 270
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Sempron 145 | vs | Athlon II X2 270 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 3.4 GHz | |
| Cores | Single core | Dual core | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
bus | |||
| Clock speed | 2,000 MHz | 3,400 MHz | |
details | Sempron 145 | vs | Athlon II X2 270 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 1 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 45 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclock popularity | 9 | 1 | |
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.05 GHz | 4.02 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.28 GHz | 4.09 GHz | |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 1,763.8 | 810.1 | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.05 GHz | 4.02 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 45W | 65W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 10.84 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 39.42 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 2.06 pt/W | 2.03 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 36.56W | 52.81W | |
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