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New Budget Processors Comparison: Intel Celeron D vs. AMD Sempron (page 5)

Category: CPU

by Ilya Gavrichenkov

[ 10/01/2004 | 02:15 PM ]

Futuremark 3DMark 2001 SE and 3DMark03

3DMark 2001 SE is very loyal to AMD’s Sempron processors, the result of the Sempron 3100+ for Socket 754 looking especially good. According to 3DMark 2001 SE, this processor is not only much faster than any Celeron D, but even outperforms the 2.8GHz Pentium 4 models. As for the Socket A Semprons, their performance is nearly similar to that of the same-price Celeron D models. However, the senior Sempron for Socket A is slightly faster than the Celeron D 340.

It’s different in the newer 3DMark03 suite: the Sempron family looks worse compared to the Celeron D series in this test. The Semprons for Socket A can only compete with the ordinary Celeron based on the old Northwood core, with 128MB L2 cache and 400MHz FSB. The only Sempron to perform more or less successfully here is the Sempron 3100+ intended for Socket 754 systems. This model leaves all the members of the Celeron D family behind, including the senior 340 model (2.93GHz).

The CPU test from the same benchmarking suite produces somewhat different results. The Semprons don’t look utterly hopeless against the Celeron D gang. The senior Semprons for Socket A are competing with the middle-range Celeron D (320-330), while the Sempron 3100+ for Socket 754 systems is again an unrivalled leader among the value products.