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athlon 2000+XP better than sempron?
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"Troetsch" <troetsch@go2.pl> wrote in message
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" athlon 2000+XP better than sempron? "


Athlon XP 2000+: 1.67Ghz / 266FSB (12.5x133), 256Kb L2 cache.
Sempron 2400+: 1.67Ghz / 333FSB (10x166), 256Kb L2 cache.

The rating difference appears to be down to the higher memory bandwidth on
the Sempron, but it's still just a re-badged Thoroughbred core.
http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/Sempron/

 

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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:20:43 +0100, Cuzman wrote:

> "Troetsch" <troetsch@go2.pl> wrote in message
> news:cg4oai$m66$1@nemesis.news.tpi.pl...
>
> " athlon 2000+XP better than sempron? "
>
>
> Athlon XP 2000+: 1.67Ghz / 266FSB (12.5x133), 256Kb L2 cache.
> Sempron 2400+: 1.67Ghz / 333FSB (10x166), 256Kb L2 cache.
>
> The rating difference appears to be down to the higher memory bandwidth on
> the Sempron, but it's still just a re-badged Thoroughbred core.

The actual rating difference is because they changed the benchmarks used
to get higher numbers. If rated with the same benchmark suite as the
2000+, the Sempron would give a similar rating (2000+), maybe slightly
higher due to the FSB increase, but nowhere near a 2400+. According to AMD
this is the benchmark suite that will be used for "budget" cpu's, since
it's more inline with the performance of the new Celeron D. But the only
reason I see for it is to get the numbers higher. If they wanted true
comparisons, they'd benchmark them all, including Intels, with the same
benchmark suite and publish the results. As it stands now, if you don't
know what's what, you can get burned by the numbers, both real clock speed
in Intels case, and PR numbers in AMD's case. Another reason for the
change is that AMD probably figures they can get more for a 2400+ than a
2000+. And most buyers won't know they have been bamboozled.

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