AMD Sempron 2600+ vs AMD Athlon XP 2000+

Comparative analysis of AMD Sempron 2600+ and AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 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 2600+

  • CPU is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 90 nm vs 130 nm
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 325 vs 311
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 253 vs 195
Specifications (specs)
Launch date August 2004 vs September 2003
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 325 vs 311
PassMark - CPU mark 253 vs 195

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 2000+

  • Around 4% higher clock speed: 1.67 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 62 Watt
Maximum frequency 1.67 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
L2 cache 256 KB vs 128 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 62 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Sempron 2600+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 2000+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
325
311
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
253
195
Name AMD Sempron 2600+ AMD Athlon XP 2000+
PassMark - Single thread mark 325 311
PassMark - CPU mark 253 195

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Sempron 2600+ AMD Athlon XP 2000+

Essentials

Architecture codename Palermo Thorton
Launch date August 2004 September 2003
Launch price (MSRP) $60 $25
Place in performance rating 3223 3231
Price now $34.95 $24.99
Value for money (0-100) 3.14 3.54
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 84 mm 80 mm
L1 cache 128 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 128 KB 256 KB
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 130 nm
Maximum frequency 1.6 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 754 A
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 62 Watt 60 Watt