ULTIMATE HARDWARE

"Today we are looking at the AMD Sempron 2600 which is a budget processor in the Sempron range. The AMD Sempron 2600 has some differences compared to the Sempron 3100 also featured in this review, the first difference is that the Sempron 2600 is a full 64bit processor unlike the Sempron 3100 used in this review which has 64bit disabled, the second difference is that the Sempron 2600 processor has a 128K Level 2 Cache while the Sempron 3100 has a 256K Level 2 Cache and the third difference is that the Sempron 2600 runs at 1.6Ghz compared to 1.8Ghz with the Sempron 3100."

AMD SEMPRON 2600 REVIEW

AMD SEMPRON 2600

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR AMD SEMPRON 2600
AMD SEMPRON 3100
VIDEO CARD MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v84.21 WHQL
MOTHERBOARD GIGABYTE K8NS PRO
MEMORY 2 x 512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2
DIRECTX VERSION v9.0c

NOTE - THE SEMPRON 3100 WILL OFFER BETTER PERFORMANCE THAN THE SEMPRON 2600 BECAUSE THE ONLY ADVANTAGE THE SEMPRON 2600 HAS IS IT'S LOWER PRICE, THIS IS WHY WE WILL BE JUDGING THE SEMPRON 2600 ON IT'S PRICE TO PERFORMANCE RATIO. THERE IS A 28% DIFFERENCE IN THE COST OF THE PROCESSORS USED IN THIS REVIEW AND IF THE DIFFERENCE IN PERFORMANCE IS LESS THAN 28% BETWEEN THEM THEN IT WILL BE CONSIDERED TO BE A VICTORY FOR THE SEMPRON 2600.

3DMARK BENCHMARK

3DMARK 2001 SE

AMD SEMPRON 260014127
AMD SEMPRON 310015731

3DMARK 2003

AMD SEMPRON 26007307
AMD SEMPRON 31007610

3DMARK 2005

AMD SEMPRON 26003001
AMD SEMPRON 31003237

AMD SEMPRON 2600 AMD SEMPRON 3100

COMMENT - "The Sempron 2600 has a good start and although it finishes 11% slower than the Sempron 3100 using 3dmark 2001 SE it's considered a victory for the Sempron 2600 because the Sempron 3100 is 28% more expensive than the Sempron 2600. The results for 3dmark 2003 and 2005 are included just for comparison because they show very little difference due to processor performance."

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

3DMARK 2005

1024x768 Resolution
No Anti-Aliasing
Optimal Filtering
HLSL VS Target 2_0
HLSL PS Target 2_0
No Fixed Framerate

3DMARK 2005 CPU SCORE

AMD SEMPRON 26003209
AMD SEMPRON 31003663

AMD SEMPRON 2600 AMD SEMPRON 3100

COMMENT - "Although 3dmark 2005 shows very little difference in the final score when using different processors it does have a very useful cpu benchmark. Once again the Sempron 2600 delivers a good performance and finishes only 13% slower than the Sempron 3100."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

3DMARK 2005

1024x768 Resolution
No Anti-Aliasing
Optimal Filtering
HLSL VS Target 2_0
HLSL PS Target 2_0
No Fixed Framerate

CPU BENCH 2003

OVERALL

AMD SEMPRON 26006101
AMD SEMPRON 31006718

AMD SEMPRON 2600 AMD SEMPRON 3100
COMMENT - "There is only a 10% difference between the Sempron 2600 and Sempron 3100 so it's a victory for the Sempron 2600."

KRIBI BENCH

OFFICE

AMD SEMPRON 260013.79
AMD SEMPRON 310018.4

JET SHADOW

AMD SEMPRON 260011.27
AMD SEMPRON 310016.83

SPONGE

AMD SEMPRON 26007.51
AMD SEMPRON 31009.58

AMD SEMPRON 2600 AMD SEMPRON 3100
COMMENT - "It appears that Kribi Bench favours the higher clockspeed of the Sempron 3100 and it's extra Level 2 Cache. The Sempron 2600 delivers 23% to 32% less performance than the Sempron 3100 for it's first loss on this review."

META BENCH

OVERALL

AMD SEMPRON 26002665
AMD SEMPRON 31003030

AMD SEMPRON 2600 AMD SEMPRON 3100
COMMENT - "Normal service is resumed with Meta Bench and the Sempron 2600 is only 13% slower than the Sempron 3100."

REALSTORM 2004

OVERALL

AMD SEMPRON 26003704
AMD SEMPRON 31004350

AMD SEMPRON 2600 AMD SEMPRON 3100
COMMENT - "Realstorm is a bit more demanding but the Sempron 2600 is still only 15% slower than the Sempron 3100."

AMD SEMPRON 2600 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - AMD SEMPRON 2600 INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2001 TO 2005, CPU BENCH, META BENCH AND REAL STORM
PAGE 3 - SCIENCE MARK, SISOFTWARE SANDRA AND SUPRE PI
PAGE 4 - GAMES SOFTWARE AND FINAL RESULT

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