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."

GAMES SOFTWARE COMANCHE4 60 55 DOOM 3 108 98 SCRAPLAND 137 136 TRIBES VENGENACE 122 115 UT 2004 131 117 WARHAMMER 40K- DAWN OF WAR 92 87 XPAND RALLY 67 60 AMD ATHLON64 3000 AMD SEMPRON 3100 COMMENT "Using games all tested using low quality settings and low resolution. The Athlon64 3000 should perform well using games software thanks to it's 512K Level2 Cache and Dual Channel Memory Controller. The Athlon 3000 outperforms the Sempron 3100 in every game tested, these included a performance increase of 9% with Comanche4, 17% with Doom 3, 1% with Scrapland, 6% with Tribes Vengeance, 11% with Unreal Tournament 2004, 6% with Warhammer Dawn of War and 11% with Xpand Rally."