Celeron G540 vs Sempron 3850

General info

Comparing Sempron 3850 and Celeron G540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2544	2521
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	no data	0.02
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Kabini (2013−2014)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	9 April 2014 (10 years ago)	4 September 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$158
Current price	$99	$19.25 (0.1x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Sempron 3850 and Celeron G540 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	no data	2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.3 GHz	2.5 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Die size	107 mm2	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	69 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Sempron 3850 and Celeron G540 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	1
Socket	AM1	FCLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Sempron 3850 and Celeron G540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	FMA4	no data
AVX	+	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
Out-of-band client management	-	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

Sempron 3850 and Celeron G540 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 Sempron 3850 and Celeron G540 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	no data
VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Sempron 3850 and Celeron G540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1600	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	1	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	17 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R3 Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Number of pipelines	128	no data
Enduro	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	no data	1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Sempron 3850 and Celeron G540 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	2
DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Sempron 3850 and Celeron G540 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	1	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Sempron 3850 and Celeron G540.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	4	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.

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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.

Celeron G540 outperforms Sempron 3850 by 3% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	0.74	0.76
Recency	9 April 2014	4 September 2011
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt

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