AMD Sempron 3600+ vs AMD Athlon XP 2400+

Comparative analysis of AMD Sempron 3600+ and AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 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 3600+

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 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 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 377 vs 375
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 364 vs 234
Specifications (specs)
Launch date May 2006 vs September 2003
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 62 Watt vs 68 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 377 vs 375
PassMark - CPU mark 364 vs 234

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Sempron 3600+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 2400+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
377
375
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
364
234
Name AMD Sempron 3600+ AMD Athlon XP 2400+
PassMark - Single thread mark 377 375
PassMark - CPU mark 364 234

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Sempron 3600+ AMD Athlon XP 2400+

Essentials

Architecture codename Manila Thorton
Launch date May 2006 September 2003
Launch price (MSRP) $12 $90
Place in performance rating 3170 3185
Price now $12 $89.99
Value for money (0-100) 11.93 1.18
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 103 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 GHz
Number of cores 1 1
Transistor count 81 million 63 million

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM2 A
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 62 Watt 68 Watt