Intel Pentium D 915 vs AMD Sempron 3850

Last updated: 2023-05-10

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Pentium D 915		AMD Sempron 3850
CPU comparison Intel Pentium D 915 or AMD Sempron 3850 - 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 Intel Pentium D 915 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Intel Pentium D 915 was released in Q3/2006. The AMD Sempron 3850 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD Sempron 3850 was released in Q2/2014.

Intel Pentium (150)	Family	AMD Sempron (2)
Intel Pentium D (6)	CPU group	AMD Sempron 2000/3000 (2)
0	Generation	1
Presler	Architecture	Kabini (Jaguar)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Pentium D 915 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium D 915 is 2.80 GHz while the AMD Sempron 3850 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Sempron 3850 is at 1.30 GHz.
Intel Pentium D 915	Characteristic	AMD Sempron 3850
2	Cores	4
2	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.80 GHz	Frequency	1.30 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.
Intel Pentium D 915	Characteristic	AMD Sempron 3850
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Intel Pentium D 915 or AMD Sempron 3850 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.
no iGPU	GPU	AMD Radeon HD 8280
	GPU frequency	0.45 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	5
	Technology	28 nm
	Max. displays	2
--	Compute units	2
--	Shader	128
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
--	DirectX Version	11.1

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.
no iGPU	GPU	AMD Radeon HD 8280
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
No	Codec h264	Decode
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Pentium D 915 can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The AMD Sempron 3850 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 12.8 GB/s.
Intel Pentium D 915	Characteristic	AMD Sempron 3850
DDR2	Memory	DDR3L-1600
	Max. Memory	8 GB
0	Memory channels	1 (Single Channel)
--	Max. Bandwidth	12.8 GB/s
No	ECC	No
4.00 MB	L2 Cache	2.00 MB
--	L3 Cache	--
--	PCIe version	2.0
--	PCIe lanes	4
--	PCIe Bandwidth	2.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium D 915 is 95 W, while the AMD Sempron 3850 has a TDP of 25 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Pentium D 915	Characteristic	AMD Sempron 3850
95 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	25 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	90 °C
Technical details The Intel Pentium D 915 is manufactured in 65 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The AMD Sempron 3850 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.
Intel Pentium D 915	Characteristic	AMD Sempron 3850
65 nm	Technology	28 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
--	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
LGA 775	Socket	AM1
None	Virtualization	AMD-V
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2006	Release date	Q2/2014
74 $	Release price	30 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Pentium D 915 (100%)

AMD Sempron 3850 (82%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Pentium D 915 (50%)

AMD Sempron 3850 (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.


	Intel Pentium D 915 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	208 (100%)
	AMD Sempron 3850 4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz	170 (82%)

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.


	Intel Pentium D 915 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	381 (63%)
	AMD Sempron 3850 4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz	606 (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.


	Intel Pentium D 915 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	430 (37%)
	AMD Sempron 3850 4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz	1155 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.


	Intel Pentium D 915 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	174 (100%)
	AMD Sempron 3850 4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.


	Intel Pentium D 915 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	316 (100%)
	AMD Sempron 3850 4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Pentium D 915 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Sempron 3850 4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz	158 (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.


	Intel Pentium D 915 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Sempron 3850 4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz	495 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.


	Intel Pentium D 915 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	72 (100%)
	AMD Sempron 3850 4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.


	Intel Pentium D 915 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	126 (100%)
	AMD Sempron 3850 4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Pentium D 915 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Sempron 3850 AMD Radeon HD 8280 @ 0.45 GHz	115 (100%)

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.


	Intel Pentium D 915 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	33 (100%)
	AMD Sempron 3850 4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Pentium D 915 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	62 (100%)
	AMD Sempron 3850 4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz	0 (0%)

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