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AMD SEMPRON 2800 REVIEW

"AMD Sempron 2800 review testing the AMD Sempron 2800 against the AMD Athlon XP 3200 and AMD Athlon XP 2500 processors. Software used was, 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Glexcess, Sisoftware Sandra 2004, Doom3, Unreal Tournament 2004, Comanche4, Desert Rats vs Arrika Korps, Far Cry, Painkiller, Unreal 2 and X2 the Threat."
AMD SEMPRON 2800

The AMD Sempron™ processor performs at the top of its class when running the home and business applications that you need most. The AMD Sempron™ processor’s full-featured capabilities can include HyperTransport™ technology, up to 512k total high-performance cache, advanced 333Mhz front-side bus, 3DNow! Professional technology, and an integrated DDR memory controller. The AMD Sempron™ processor provides the productivity enhancing performance you need for your everyday applications. It runs over 60,000 of the world’s most popular applications, so you can enjoy solid performance. With 35 years of design and manufacturing experience and shipments of more than 240 million PC processors, you can count on AMD to provide reliable solutions for your home or business.

PROCESSOR TYPE TYPE MULTIPLIER CLOCK SPEED L1 CACHE L2 CACHE BUS SPEED PRICE
SEMPRON 2800 THOROUGHBRED B 12 2.0Ghz 128K 256K 333Mhz $110 (£76)
ATHLON XP 3200 BARTON 11 2.2Ghz 128K 512K 400Mhz $129 (£106)
ATHLON XP 2500 BARTON 11 1.8Ghz 128K 512K 333Mhz $63 (£51)
PROCESSOR TYPE TYPE MULTIPLIER CLOCK SPEED L1 CACHE L2 CACHE BUS SPEED PRICE

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR AMD SEMPRON 2800
AMD ATHLON XP 3200
AMD ATHLON XP 2500
VIDEO CARD MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v61.77
MOTHERBOARD ASROCK K7S8XE+
MEMORY 2x512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2
DIRECTX VERSION v9.0c

SISOFTWARE SANDRA 2004

PROCESSOR - ALU DHRYSTONE

ATHLON XP 32008435
SEMPRON 28007631
ATHLON XP 25007015

PROCESSOR - FPU WHETSTONE

ATHLON XP 32003469
SEMPRON 28003152
ATHLON XP 25002888

ATHLON XP 3200 SEMPRON 2800 ATHLON XP 2500

COMMENT - "The AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 10% and the Sempron 2800 beats the Athlon XP 2500 by 9%."

SISOFTWARE SANDRA 2004

MULTI-MEDIA - INTEGER

ATHLON XP 320020200
SEMPRON 280018314
ATHLON XP 250016814

MULTI-MEDIA - FLOATING POINT

ATHLON XP 320020757
SEMPRON 280018830
ATHLON XP 250017286

ATHLON XP 3200 SEMPRON 2800 ATHLON XP 2500

COMMENT - "The AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 10% and the Sempron 2800 beats the Athlon XP 2500 by 9%."

3D BENCHMARKS

3DMARK 2001 SE

ATHLON XP 320012672
SEMPRON 280011173
ATHLON XP 250011437

3DMARK 2003

ATHLON XP 32004884
SEMPRON 28004639
ATHLON XP 25004645

GLEXCESS

ATHLON XP 320011361
SEMPRON 280011277
ATHLON XP 250010941

ATHLON XP 3200 SEMPRON 2800 ATHLON XP 2500

COMMENT - "With 3dmark 2001 the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 12% and the Sempron 2800 loses to the Athlon XP 2500 by 3%. With 3dmark 2003 the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 6% and the Sempron 2800 loses to the Athlon XP 2500 by 1%. With Glexcess the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 1% and the Sempron 2800 beats the Athlon XP 2500 by 3%."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

3DMARK 2001 SE

1024x768 Resolution
32Bit color
D3D Hardware T&L
Antialiasing Disabled
Double Frame Buffer
Compressed Texture Format
24Bit Z-Buffer Depth

3DMARK 2003

1024x768 Resolution
No Pixel Processing
Optimal Texture Filtering
4x Max Anisotropy
Optimal Vertex Shaders
No Repeat Tests
No Fixed Framerate

GLEXCESS

1024x768 Resolution
Scene 1 Intro
Scene 2 Waver
Scene 3 Facescape
Scene 4 Exploding Logo

DOOM III

ADVANCED OPTIONS DISABLED

ATHLON XP 320061
SEMPRON 280052
ATHLON XP 250056

ADVANCED OPTIONS ENABLED

ATHLON XP 320042
SEMPRON 280038
ATHLON XP 250040

ATHLON XP 3200 SEMPRON 2800 ATHLON XP 2500

COMMENT - "Doom 3 with the advanced options disabled the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 15% and the Sempron 2800 loses to the Athlon XP 2500 by 8%. With the advanced options enabled the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 10% and the Sempron 2800 loses to the Athlon XP 2500 by 5%."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

1024x768 Screen Size
Fullscreen Enabled
Vertical Sync Disabled
Demo1 Benchmark

OPTIONS DISABLED

Bump Maps Disabled
Shadows Disabled
Special Effects Disabled
Specular Disabled
Antialiasing Disabled

OPTIONS ENABLED

Bump Maps Enabled
Shadows Disabled
Special Effects Enabled
Specular Enabled
Antialiasing Disabled

AMD SEMPRON 2800 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - AMD SEMPRON 2800 INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - GAMES SOFTWARE AND FINAL RESULT

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