Amd Sempron Vs Athlon

[Steve-O]

Whats the difference between the Sempron and Athlon ????

 

[finty]

Sempron is the new name for the Duron range. It's like Pentium and mmmmm, can't think of the cheap intel right now.

 

[trooper]

Yep, AMD Sempron is the new replacement for the duron, It`s basically an XP core with a lower mhz rating but a higher (FSB) bus speed.

Older XP`s (Thunderbird core, I think) used to run at 266mhz FSB. The new Sempron (Duron replacement) run at 333mhz and 400mhz FSB.

From what i`ve seen/heard, A Sempron 2200+ (or was it 2400+) Is equivalent to the old XP 1800+ 266mhz FSB speed wise.

Trooper

 

[Steve-O]

ok thanks..

I read somewhere that the Socket A Sempron is slower than a Athlon, BUT the Socket 754 (I think it was) Sempron Is Faster than a Athlon

 

[unlucky]

gah the semprons suck compared to the barton cores of old but the sempron 3100+ which really isn't a sempron at all as its a completely different core truly rocks and overclocks in ridiculous amounts

 

[generalnmx]

The AMD Sempron is like the Intel Celeron - cheap, low-power, low performer. Don't expect much out of it.

 

[finty]

The AMD Sempron is like the Intel Celeron

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Thats the one I meant.

 

[Octavious]

its like the celeron of the AMD world
but, it can hold its own ground in procesor stats, but if you can, avoid getting one

~Octavious