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Ultimate Hardware with CPU for AMD and Intel, Motherboard for Asrock, Asus, ECS, Foxconn and MSI, Operating System for Apple, Linux and Microsoft, Technology for Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Opera and Video Card for ATI, Nvidia and S3
AMD ATHLON64 3000
"Today we are looking at the AMD Athlon64 3000 Venice which is the budget processor for Socket 939. The AMD Athlon64 3000 has some differences compared to the Sempron 3100 also featured in this review, the first difference is that the Athlon64 3000 is a full 64bit processor unlike the Sempron 3100 used in this review which has 64bit disabled, the second difference is that the Athlon64 3000 processor has a 512K Level 2 Cache while the Sempron 3100 has a 256K Level 2 Cache and the third difference is that the Athlon64 3000 has a dual channel memory controller."
GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION
SCIENCE MARK 2
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS (LOWER IS BETTER)
 | 93 |
 | 96 |
AMD ATHLON64 3000 AMD SEMPRON 3100
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COMMENT "This time a lower score is better and the Athlon64 3000 outperforms the Sempron 3100 by 4%."
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SISOFTWARE SANDRA 2005
 | 17004 |
 | 17064 |
MULTI-MEDIA FLOATING POINT
 | 18272 |
 | 18425 |
AMD ATHLON64 3000 AMD SEMPRON 3100
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COMMENT "The Athlon64 3000 and Sempron 3100 both perform within 1% of each other, however the Sempron 3100 marginally outperforms the Athlon64 3000."
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SISOFTWARE SANDRA 2005
 | 4978 |
 | 3021 |
MEMORY BANDWIDTH FLOATING POINT
 | 4927 |
 | 3022 |
AMD ATHLON64 3000 AMD SEMPRON 3100
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COMMENT "One of the main benefits the Athlon64 3000 has over the Sempron 3100 is it's use of a dual channel memory controller. The Athlon64 3000 stomps on the Sempron 3100 and offers 40% more bandwidth."
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SUPER PI BENCHMARK
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AMD ATHLON64 3000 AMD SEMPRON 3100
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COMMENT "Once again a lower score is better and the Athlon64 3000 outperforms the Sempron 3100 by 8%."
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AMD ATHLON64 3000
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