Mobile Sempron 3500+ vs Turion II M520
Primary details
Comparing Turion II M520 and Mobile Sempron 3500+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2824 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Turion II | Mobile Sempron |
| Power efficiency | 1.51 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Keene |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (15 years ago) | no data (2024 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Turion II M520 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 | 2 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 90 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II M520 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 | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M520 and Mobile Sempron 3500+. 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 | no data |
| PowerNow | + | - |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 25 Watt |
Turion II M520 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
Mobile Sempron 3500+, on the other hand, has 40% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Turion II M520 and Mobile Sempron 3500+. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II M520 and Mobile Sempron 3500+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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