same performance or different?

JWade

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just curious, is there really any performance difference between say a sempron 3000+ and A64 3000+? if there is then why the same speed #'s?
 

Varun

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Athlon 64 3000+ S754 is 2.0GHz with 512KB L2 Cache

Sempron 64 3000+ S754 is 1.8GHz with 128KB L2 Cache

The Athlon 64 will be significantly faster at the same speed rating. Why? Semprons are in the market against a Celeron, and the Athlon is in the market against the P4.
 

Varun

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Originally posted by: ribbon13
There are socket 939 versions of both as well.

Not quite yet, though there are supposed to be S939 Semprons soon.
 

Lonyo

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Sempron rating is supposed to go vs Celerons, AMD Athlon 64 ratings are supposed to go vs P4's.