AMD Sempron 2500+ vs AMD Athlon XP 2700+

Comparative analysis of AMD Sempron 2500+ and AMD Athlon XP 2700+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 2500+

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 90 nm vs 130 nm
  • Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 62 Watt vs 68 Watt
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 405 vs 398
Specifications (specs)
Launch date July 2005 vs October 2002
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 62 Watt vs 68 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 405 vs 398

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 2700+

  • Around 55% higher clock speed: 2.17 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 256 vs 207
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.17 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 256 vs 207

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Sempron 2500+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 2700+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
405
398
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
207
256
Name AMD Sempron 2500+ AMD Athlon XP 2700+
PassMark - Single thread mark 405 398
PassMark - CPU mark 207 256

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Sempron 2500+ AMD Athlon XP 2700+

Essentials

Architecture codename Palermo Thoroughbred
Launch date July 2005 October 2002
Launch price (MSRP) $80 $85
Place in performance rating 3148 3151
Price now $79.95 $84.79
Value for money (0-100) 1.24 1.36
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 84 mm 80 mm
L1 cache 128 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 256 KB 256 KB
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 130 nm
Maximum frequency 1.4 GHz 2.17 GHz
Number of cores 1 1
Transistor count 63 million 37 million

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported 754 A
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 62 Watt 68 Watt