Athlon II N350 vs Sempron 2600+
Aggregate performance score
Athlon II N350 outperforms Sempron 2600+ by a whopping 250% 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 | 3585 | 3148 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Athlon II |
| Power efficiency | 0.24 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Palermo (2001−2005) | Champlain (2010−2011) |
| Release date | January 2001 (24 years ago) | 4 October 2010 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $60 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Sempron 2600+ and Athlon II N350 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 1.83 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 3200 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 256K | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 144 mm2 | 117.5 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 69 million | 234 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Sempron 2600+ and Athlon II N350 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 | 754 | S1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 62 Watt | 1 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Sempron 2600+ and Athlon II N350. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization |
| VirusProtect | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Sempron 2600+ and Athlon II N350 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Sempron 2600+ and Athlon II N350. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR3 |
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 | 0.14 | 0.49 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 62 Watt | 1 Watt |
Athlon II N350 has a 250% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 188.9% more advanced lithography process, and 6100% lower power consumption.
The AMD Athlon II N350 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Sempron 2600+ in performance tests.
Note that Sempron 2600+ is a desktop processor while Athlon II N350 is a notebook one.
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