AMD Sempron 3300+ vs AMD Athlon XP 2700+

Comparative analysis of AMD Sempron 3300+ 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 3300+

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 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 23% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 315 vs 256
Specifications (specs)
Launch date April 2005 vs October 2002
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 62 Watt vs 68 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 315 vs 256

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 2700+

  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 2.17 GHz vs 2 GHz
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 398 vs 394
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.17 GHz vs 2 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 398 vs 394

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Sempron 3300+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 2700+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
394
398
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
315
256
Name AMD Sempron 3300+ AMD Athlon XP 2700+
PassMark - Single thread mark 394 398
PassMark - CPU mark 315 256

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Sempron 3300+ AMD Athlon XP 2700+

Essentials

Architecture codename Palermo Thoroughbred
Launch date April 2005 October 2002
Launch price (MSRP) $30 $85
Place in performance rating 3161 3151
Price now $60 $84.79
Value for money (0-100) 2.37 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 2 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