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.

 

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 3162
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