i3-10100F vs Sempron 2600+

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Primary details

Comparing Sempron 2600+ and Core i3-10100F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1147
Place by popularitynot in top-10019
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data20.12
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data8.03
Architecture codenamePalermo (2001−2005)Comet Lake (2020)
Release dateJanuary 2001 (23 years ago)12 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$60$122

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Sempron 2600+ and Core i3-10100F 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 cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads18
Base clock speedno data3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1.83 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB256 KB
L2 cache256K1 MB
L3 cache0 KB6 MB
Chip lithography130 nm14 nm
Die size144 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors69 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Sempron 2600+ and Core i3-10100F 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 configuration11
Socket754FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)62 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Sempron 2600+ and Core i3-10100F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Sempron 2600+ and Core i3-10100F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Sempron 2600+ and Core i3-10100F are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Sempron 2600+ and Core i3-10100F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Sempron 2600+ and Core i3-10100F.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



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.

Sempron 2600+ 253
i3-10100F 8757
+3361%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 8
Chip lithography 130 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt 65 Watt

Sempron 2600+ has 4.8% lower power consumption.

i3-10100F, on the other hand, has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Sempron 2600+ and Core i3-10100F. We've got no test results to judge.


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