AMD Sempron 3850 vs Intel Celeron 3215U

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AMD Sempron 3850 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron 3215U
AMD Sempron 3850 Intel Celeron 3215U

CPU comparison

AMD Sempron 3850 or Intel Celeron 3215U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Sempron 3850 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The AMD Sempron 3850 was released in Q2/2014.

The Intel Celeron 3215U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 3215U was released in Q2/2015.
AMD Sempron (2) Family Intel Celeron (165)
AMD Sempron 2000/3000 (2) CPU group Intel Celeron 3000 (10)
1 Generation 7
Kabini (Jaguar) Architecture Kaby Lake U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Sempron 3850 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Sempron 3850 is 1.30 GHz while the Intel Celeron 3215U has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron 3215U is at 1.70 GHz.

AMD Sempron 3850 Characteristic Intel Celeron 3215U
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.30 GHz Frequency 1.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Sempron 3850 Characteristic Intel Celeron 3215U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD Sempron 3850 or Intel Celeron 3215U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon HD 8280 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1)
0.45 GHz GPU frequency 0.10 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.80 GHz
5 GPU Generation 8
28 nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
2 Compute units 12
128 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11.1 DirectX Version 11.2

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon HD 8280 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Sempron 3850 can use up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 12.8 GB/s. The Intel Celeron 3215U supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

AMD Sempron 3850 Characteristic Intel Celeron 3215U
DDR3L-1600 Memory LPDDR3-1600, DDR3L-1600
8 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
12.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
2.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 2.0
4 PCIe lanes 12
2.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Sempron 3850 is 25 W, while the Intel Celeron 3215U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Sempron 3850 Characteristic Intel Celeron 3215U
25 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 10 W
90 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The AMD Sempron 3850 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Celeron 3215U is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

AMD Sempron 3850 Characteristic Intel Celeron 3215U
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
AM1 Socket BGA 1168
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2014 Release date Q2/2015
30 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Sempron 3850 (45%)
Intel Celeron 3215U (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Sempron 3850 (86%)
Intel Celeron 3215U (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Sempron 3850 AMD Sempron 3850
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
170 (43%)
Intel Celeron 3215U Intel Celeron 3215U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
394 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Sempron 3850 AMD Sempron 3850
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
606 (75%)
Intel Celeron 3215U Intel Celeron 3215U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
810 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Sempron 3850 AMD Sempron 3850
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
158 (47%)
Intel Celeron 3215U Intel Celeron 3215U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
335 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Sempron 3850 AMD Sempron 3850
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
495 (82%)
Intel Celeron 3215U Intel Celeron 3215U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
601 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Sempron 3850 AMD Sempron 3850
AMD Radeon HD 8280 @ 0.45 GHz
115 (75%)
Intel Celeron 3215U Intel Celeron 3215U
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) @ 0.80 GHz
154 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Sempron 3850 AMD Sempron 3850
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
1155 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3215U Intel Celeron 3215U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
1145 (99%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Sempron 3850 AMD Sempron 3850
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3215U Intel Celeron 3215U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
69 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Sempron 3850 AMD Sempron 3850
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3215U Intel Celeron 3215U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
133 (100%)

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