AMD Sempron 3800+ vs Athlon 64 FX 62 |
First seen on June, 2012
AMD Sempron 3800+
- 2.2 GHz
- Single core
Reasons to buy the AMD Sempron 3800+
 | Much lower typical power consumption 50.38W | | Much lower annual home energy cost 14.94 $/year |
| | Much lower annual commercial energy cost 54.31 $/year |
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Released May, 2006
AMD Athlon 64 FX 62
- 2.8 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Athlon 64 FX 62
| | Much more l2 cache 2 MB | | Higher clock speed 2.8 GHz |
| | Has virtualization support Yes | | Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 50.38W | vs | 101.56W | 2x lower typical power consumption | |||
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| Much lower annual home energy cost | 14.94 $/year | vs | 30.11 $/year | 2x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 54.31 $/year | vs | 109.5 $/year | 2x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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| Much more l2 cache | 2 MB | vs | 0 MB | Compared to all cpus, 2 MB l2 cache is just OK | |||
| Higher clock speed | 2.8 GHz | vs | 2.2 GHz | More than 25% higher clock speed | |||
| Has virtualization support | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Boosts performance of virtual machines | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0 MB/core | Compared to all cpus, 1 MB/core l2 cache per core is just OK | |||
| Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.15 GHz | vs | 2.2 GHz | Around 45% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Better PassMark (Single core) score | 864 | vs | 653 | More than 30% better PassMark (Single core) score | |||
| More cores | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Higher Maximum operating temperature | 63 °C | vs | 55 °C | Around 15% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
| Slightly better PassMark score | 1,571 | vs | 554 | More than 2.8x better PassMark score | |||
| Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.35 GHz | vs | 2.2 GHz | More than 50% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Sempron 3800+ vs Athlon 64 FX 62
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Sempron 3800+ | vs | Athlon 64 FX 62 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 2.8 GHz | |
| Cores | Single core | Dual core | |
| Socket type | |||
| S1 | |||
| AM2 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | No | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
details | Sempron 3800+ | vs | Athlon 64 FX 62 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 1 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 0 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 90 nm | 90 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 55°C | Unknown - 63°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 3.15 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.2 GHz | 3.35 GHz | |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 912.1 | 1,024.8 | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.2 GHz | 3.15 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 62W | 125W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 14.94 $/year | 30.11 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 54.31 $/year | 109.5 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 0.59 pt/W | 0.64 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 50.38W | 101.56W | |
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