AMD Athlon XP 2000+ vs AMD Sempron 2400+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon XP 2000+ and AMD Sempron 2400+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon XP 2000+

AMD Sempron 2400+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 2000+

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 62 Watt

Launch date	September 2003 vs January 2001
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 62 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 2400+

Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 321 vs 311
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 205 vs 195

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	321 vs 311
PassMark - CPU mark	205 vs 195

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon XP 2000+
CPU 2: AMD Sempron 2400+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

311

321

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

195

205

Name	AMD Athlon XP 2000+	AMD Sempron 2400+
PassMark - Single thread mark	311	321
PassMark - CPU mark	195	205

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon XP 2000+	AMD Sempron 2400+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Thorton	Barton
Launch date	September 2003	January 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$25	$27
Place in performance rating	3231	3226
Price now	$24.99	$27
Value for money (0-100)	3.54	3.42
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
Die size	80 mm	101 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	1.67 GHz	1.67 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	63 million	63 million
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	A	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	62 Watt