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AMD Sempron 3000+

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Slightly lower typical power consumption 50.38W vs 52.81W Around 5% lower typical power consumption
Slightly lower annual commercial energy cost 54.31 $/year vs 56.94 $/year Around 5% lower annual commercial energy cost
Slightly lower annual home energy cost 14.94 $/year vs 15.66 $/year Around 5% lower annual home energy cost
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Much more l2 cache 2 MB vs 0.13 MB 16x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later
Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm vs 90 nm A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor
Much higher clock speed 3 GHz vs 1.8 GHz More than 65% higher clock speed
Much better PassMark score 1,750 vs 407 More than 4.2x better PassMark score
Much better PassMark (Single core) score 1,008 vs 513 More than 95% better PassMark (Single core) score
More cores 2 vs 1 Twice as many cores; run more applications at once
More threads 2 vs 1 Twice as many threads
Much better performance per watt 1.79 pt/W vs 0.6 pt/W Around 3x better performance per watt
Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core vs 0.13 MB/core 8x more l2 cache per core
Has a NX bit Yes vs No Somewhat common; Prevents a common class of security exploits
Has virtualization support Yes vs No Somewhat common; Boosts performance of virtual machines
Significantly higher Maximum operating temperature 74 °C vs 70 °C More than 5% higher Maximum operating temperature

Benchmarks Real world tests of Sempron 3000+ vs Athlon II X2 250

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Sempron 3000+
407
Athlon II X2 250
1,750

PassMark (Single Core)

Sempron 3000+
513
Athlon II X2 250
1,008

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Sempron 3000+  vs
Athlon II X2 250 
Clock speed 1.8 GHz 3 GHz
Cores Single core Dual core
Socket type
754
AM3
Is unlocked No No

features
Has a NX bit No Yes
Has virtualization support No Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE4a
AVX 1.1
SSE2
F16C
MMX
XOP
AVX
SSE3
SSE
BMI1
AMD64
SSE4.1
FMA4
FMA3
SSE4.2
ABM
CVT16
AMD-V
3DNow!
Supplemental SSE3
AES
TBM
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 62W 65W
Annual home energy cost 14.94 $/year 15.66 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 54.31 $/year 56.94 $/year
Performance per watt 0.6 pt/W 1.79 pt/W
Typical power consumption 50.38W 52.81W

details

 Sempron 3000+  vs
Athlon II X2 250 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 1 2
L2 cache 0.13 MB 2 MB
L2 cache per core 0.13 MB/core 1 MB/core
L3 cache 0 MB 0 MB
L3 cache per core 0 MB/core 0 MB/core
Manufacture process 90 nm 32 nm
Max CPUs 1 1
Operating temperature Unknown - 70°C Unknown - 74°C

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

bus
Clock speed 200 MHz 2,000 MHz
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