Mobile Sempron 3500+ vs Core 2 Duo T5250

Place in the ranking	3063	3290
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Core 2 Duo	Mobile Sempron
Power efficiency	0.97	0.61
Architecture codename	Merom-2048 (2006−2008)	Keene
Release date	no data	no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5250 and Mobile Sempron 3500+ basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	1.5 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.5 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus rate	667 MHz	800 MHz
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	90 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.075V-1.25V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5250 and Mobile Sempron 3500+ compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Socket	PPGA478	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5250 and Mobile Sempron 3500+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5250 and Mobile Sempron 3500+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T5250 and Mobile Sempron 3500+ are enumerated here.

VT-x

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Core 2 Duo T5250 0.35
+119%

Mobile Sempron 3500+ 0.16

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Duo T5250 556
+115%

Mobile Sempron 3500+ 259

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Core 2 Duo T5250 1298
+84.4%

Mobile Sempron 3500+ 704

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.35	0.16
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	65 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt

Core 2 Duo T5250 has a 118.8% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 38.5% more advanced lithography process.

Mobile Sempron 3500+, on the other hand, has 40% lower power consumption.

The Core 2 Duo T5250 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobile Sempron 3500+ in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo T5250 and Mobile Sempron 3500+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.