AMD Sempron 2500+ vs AMD Athlon XP 3000+

Comparative analysis of AMD Sempron 2500+ and AMD Athlon XP 3000+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Sempron 2500+

AMD Athlon XP 3000+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 2500+

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 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 396

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	July 2005 vs January 2001
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	62 Watt vs 68 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	405 vs 396

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 3000+

Around 50% higher clock speed: 2.1 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 262 vs 207

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.1 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
L2 cache	512 KB vs 256 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	262 vs 207

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Sempron 2500+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 3000+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

405

396

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

207

262

Name	AMD Sempron 2500+	AMD Athlon XP 3000+
PassMark - Single thread mark	405	396
PassMark - CPU mark	207	262

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Sempron 2500+	AMD Athlon XP 3000+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Palermo	Barton
Launch date	July 2005	January 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$80	$78
Place in performance rating	3148	3153
Price now	$79.95	$79.70
Value for money (0-100)	1.24	1.49
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	84 mm	101 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB	512 KB
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	1.4 GHz	2.1 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	63 million	63 million
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	754	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	62 Watt	68 Watt