AMD Sempron 3100+ vs Intel Core i3-540

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket 754 Intel Socket 1156
Process size 90 nm 32 nm
Transistors 63 million 382 million
Die size 84 mm² 81 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA10
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 1800 MHz 3.066 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 9.0x 23.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.4 V 1.4 V
TDP 62 W 73 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Apr 1st, 2005 Jan 7th, 2010
Codename Palermo Clarkdale
Generation Sempron Core i3
Part SDA3100AIO3BASDA3100AIO3BOSDA3100AIO3BX SLBX7SLBLR
Memory support unknown Single-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 1 2
Total Threads 1 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD

Cache

Cache L1 128K 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K 256K (per core)
Cache L3 4MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AMD64 Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SEE2 Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSSE3 Yes
VT-x Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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