Athlon XP vs Sempron

[Poda]

Hi. I got a new processor but it wasn't the one I expected. I was wondering if it's as good as my old one. The old one shows up in CPU-Z as Athlon XP Thoroughbred 2400+. The new one I got shows up as Athlon XP Thorton at 3100+. How do you think those two compare? The reason I'm wondering is one is running at 2ghz and the other 1.8ghz.

 

[PingSpike]

When all is said and done the thorton core should perform the same as a t-bred at the same clockspeeds. thorton is a barton core with half the cache disabled.

 

[Poda]

Thanks. I tried that Sandra program out and the 2400 is getting much higher cpu results, so I wonder if it just doesn't mean much in terms of actual performance?

 

[Zap]

The Thoroughbred 2400+ is faster at 2GHz, even with a lower FSB than the Sempron 3100+ at 1800 with a higher FSB.

 

[PingSpike]

Yeah, I forgot about the different fsb speeds AMD used on A-XP. Overclock the tbred!