Mobile Sempron SI-42 vs Turion II M500
Aggregate performance score
Turion II M500 outperforms Mobile Sempron SI-42 by a whopping 163% 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 | 3186 | 3529 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Turion II | AMD Mobile Sempron |
| Power efficiency | 0.60 | 0.32 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Sable (2008−2009) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (16 years ago) | 1 September 2009 (16 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Turion II M500 and Mobile Sempron SI-42 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 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II M500 and Mobile Sempron SI-42 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 | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin | S1g2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M500 and Mobile Sempron SI-42. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization | 65 nm, 1.075 - 1.125 |
| PowerNow | + | - |
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.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.50 | 0.19 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 25 Watt |
Turion II M500 has a 163% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 44% more advanced lithography process.
Mobile Sempron SI-42, on the other hand, has 40% lower power consumption.
The AMD Turion II M500 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Mobile Sempron SI-42 in performance tests.
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