AMD Athlon 5150 vs AMD Sempron 3850

Let's find out which one of AMD Athlon 5150 and AMD Sempron 3850 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Sempron 3850
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Athlon AMD Sempron
• Generation
  3 1
• CPU group
  AMD Athlon 5000 AMD Sempron 2000/3000

In this block we are going to compare AMD Athlon 5150 vs AMD Sempron 3850 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  1.60 GHz 1.30 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Athlon 5150 and AMD Sempron 3850 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 8400 AMD Radeon HD 8280
• GPU frequency
  0.60 GHz 0.45 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  2 2
• Shader
  128 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  5 5
• DirectX Version
  11.1 11.1
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q2/2013

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Athlon 5150 and AMD Sempron 3850. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between AMD Athlon 5150 and AMD Sempron 3850 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 1

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD Athlon 5150 and AMD Sempron 3850.

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Athlon 5150 or AMD Sempron 3850? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  25 W 25 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Athlon 5150 and AMD Sempron 3850 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Kabini (Jaguar) Kabini (Jaguar)
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  AM1 AM1
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q2/2014

List of devices based on AMD Athlon 5150 and AMD Sempron 3850.

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