Sempron 150: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Sempron 150 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.37% of a leader's which is a 192-core EPYC 9965.
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Summary
AMD started Sempron 150 sales 7 December 2010 at a recommended price of $73. This is a Sargas architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2.9 and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM3 processor with a TDP of 45 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Sempron 150 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 3179 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Power efficiency | 0.79 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Designer | AMD | |
| Architecture codename | Sargas (2009−2011) | |
| Release date | 7 December 2010 (14 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $73 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 1 (Single-Core) | |
| Threads | 1 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.9 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 2.9 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 117 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 234 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Sempron 150 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | AM3 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Sempron 150's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Sempron 150. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Sempron 150 is Core 2 Duo E4300, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 6 positions in our ranking.
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Similar processors
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Sempron 150, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Sempron 150 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 9 configurations using Sempron 150 in our database.
