AMD Sempron 145 vs Phenom II X4 965

older Released May, 2010

AMD Sempron 145

2.8 GHz
Single core

3.5 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the AMD Sempron 145

	Much lower typical power consumption 36.56W		Much better performance per watt 2.06 pt/W
	Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core		Much lower annual home energy cost 10.84 $/year

older Released November, 2009

AMD Phenom II X4 965

3.4 GHz
Quad core
Unlocked

4.2 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the Phenom II X4 965

	Much more l3 cache 6 MB		Much more l2 cache 2 MB
	Is unlocked Yes		Much higher clock speed 3.4 GHz

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Sempron 145 4.2 Phenom II X4 965 7.4 FX 6300 8.0
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Sempron 145 3.6 Phenom II X4 965 5.0 FX 6300 6.8
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Sempron 145 0.0 Phenom II X4 965 0.0 FX 6300 0.0
Fire Strike

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Sempron 145 0.0 Phenom II X4 965 0.0 FX 6300 0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Sempron 145 5.4 Phenom II X4 965 4.7 FX 6300 5.2
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Sempron 145 n.d. Phenom II X4 965 n.d. FX 6300 6.1
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

4.2	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Sempron 145 3.5 Phenom II X4 965 4.2 FX 6300 5.2

Winner
AMD Phenom II X4 965

CPUBoss recommends the AMD Phenom II X4 965 based on its performance and overclocking.

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AMD Sempron 145

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Much lower typical power consumption

36.56W

152.93W

4.2x lower typical power consumption

Much better performance per watt

2.06 pt/W

1.08 pt/W

More than 90% better performance per watt

Much more l2 cache per core

1 MB/core

0.5 MB/core

2x more l2 cache per core

Much lower annual home energy cost

10.84 $/year

54.06 $/year

5x lower annual home energy cost

Much lower annual commercial energy cost

39.42 $/year

152.42 $/year

3.9x lower annual commercial energy cost

Higher Maximum operating temperature

63 °C

62 °C

Almost the same

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AMD Phenom II X4 965

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Much more l3 cache

6 MB

0 MB

Compared to all cpus, 6 MB l3 cache is just OK

Much more l2 cache

2 MB

1 MB

2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later

Is unlocked

Yes

Somewhat common; An unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking

Much higher clock speed

3.4 GHz

2.8 GHz

More than 20% higher clock speed

More cores

3 more cores; run more applications at once

More threads

3 more threads

Much better PassMark score

5,916

800

Around 7.5x better PassMark score

Much better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score

5,974

1,332

Around 4.5x better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score

Much more l3 cache per core

1.5 MB/core

0 MB/core

Compared to all cpus, 1.5 MB/core l3 cache per core is just OK

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Sempron 145

1,405

Phenom II X4 965

6,266

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Sempron 145

1,409

Phenom II X4 965

1,774

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Sempron 145

111,900 MB/s

Phenom II X4 965

137,800 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Sempron 145

1,332

Phenom II X4 965

5,974

GeekBench

Sempron 145

1,332

Phenom II X4 965

7,939

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Sempron 145

800

Phenom II X4 965

5,916

PassMark (Single Core)

Sempron 145

882

Phenom II X4 965

1,361

Sempron 145		vs	Phenom II X4 965

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summary	Sempron 145	Phenom II X4 965
Clock speed	2.8 GHz	3.4 GHz
Cores	Single core	Quad core
Socket type
AM3
Is unlocked	No	Yes
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
integrated graphics
GPU	None	None
Label	N/A	N/A
Latest DirectX	N/A	N/A
Number of displays supported	N/A	N/A
GPU clock speed	N/A	N/A
Turbo clock speed	N/A	N/A
3DMark06	N/A	N/A

details	Sempron 145	Phenom II X4 965
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	1	4
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L2 cache per core	1 MB/core	0.5 MB/core
L3 cache	0 MB	6 MB
L3 cache per core	0 MB/core	1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	45 nm	45 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
Voltage range	0.82 - 1.35V	0.85 - 1.43V
Operating temperature	Unknown - 63°C	Unknown - 62°C
overclocking
Overclock popularity	9	22
Overclocked clock speed	4.05 GHz	4.05 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	4.28 GHz	4.22 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	1,763.8	3,136.7
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.05 GHz	4.05 GHz
power consumption
TDP	45W	140W
Annual home energy cost	10.84 $/year	54.06 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	39.42 $/year	152.42 $/year
Performance per watt	2.06 pt/W	1.08 pt/W
Typical power consumption	36.56W	152.93W
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Clock speed	2,000 MHz	2,000 MHz

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PandaBear (03:53 AM, July 1, 2013)

Both are great processors and both can perform optimally, but more cores are for multimedia tasks such as encoding or rendering. Games and applications usually uses 1 core.

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AMD Sempron 145 vs Phenom II X4 965

AMD Sempron 145

Reasons to buy the AMD Sempron 145

AMD Phenom II X4 965

Reasons to buy the Phenom II X4 965

CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 145 vs 965 among desktop CPUs

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU performance for graphics

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?

CPUBoss Score

Combination of all six facets

Winner AMD Phenom II X4 965

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Benchmarks Real world tests of Sempron 145 vs Phenom II X4 965

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

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