Mobile Sempron 3500+ vs i5-4400E

Place in the ranking	1910	3290
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i5	Mobile Sempron
Power efficiency	5.24	0.61
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Keene
Release date	1 October 2013 (11 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$266	no data

Detailed specifications

Core i5-4400E and Mobile Sempron 3500+ 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	4	1
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus rate	no data	800 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	no data
L3 cache	3 MB	no data
Chip lithography	22 nm	90 nm
Die size	130 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	960 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-4400E and Mobile Sempron 3500+ 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	FCBGA1364	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-4400E and Mobile Sempron 3500+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-4400E and Mobile Sempron 3500+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-4400E and Mobile Sempron 3500+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics 4600 (400 - 1000 MHz)

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.

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.

i5-4400E 2.05
+1181%

Mobile Sempron 3500+ 0.16

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.

i5-4400E 3251
+1155%

Mobile Sempron 3500+ 259

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.05	0.16
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	4	1
Chip lithography	22 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	25 Watt

i5-4400E has a 1181.3% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 309.1% more advanced lithography process.

Mobile Sempron 3500+, on the other hand, has 48% lower power consumption.

The Core i5-4400E is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobile Sempron 3500+ in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-4400E and Mobile Sempron 3500+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.