Mobile Sempron 3300+ vs Phenom X4 9600
Aggregate performance score
Phenom X4 9600 outperforms Mobile Sempron 3300+ by a whopping 435% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2748 | 3544 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Mobile Sempron |
| Power efficiency | 1.03 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Agena (2007−2008) | Roma (2005) |
| Release date | November 2007 (18 years ago) | 1 June 2005 (20 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Phenom X4 9600 and Mobile Sempron 3300+ 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 90 nm |
| Die size | 285 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 450 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom X4 9600 and Mobile Sempron 3300+ 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.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | no data |
| Socket | AM2+ | 745 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 128 KB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom X4 9600 and Mobile Sempron 3300+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 (Roma Core), Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom X4 9600 and Mobile Sempron 3300+ are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.91 | 0.17 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 128 Watt |
Phenom X4 9600 has a 435.3% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 34.7% lower power consumption.
The AMD Phenom X4 9600 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Mobile Sempron 3300+ in performance tests.
Note that Phenom X4 9600 is a desktop processor while Mobile Sempron 3300+ is a notebook one.
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