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"We are testing the Phenom II X4 960T CPU against the Athlon II X3 455 CPU. The Phenom II X4 960T is clocked at 3000Mhz and the Athlon II X3 455 is clocked at 3300Mhz. A big advantage for the Phenom II X4 960T is the 6MB Level 3 Cache while the Athlon II X3 455 has none. Another big advantage for the Phenom II X4 960T is that it has a Turbo which increases the Clock Speed to 3.4Ghz for a speed boost during demanding Software. We will be using Benchmarks for testing which are:- Cinebench 10, Cinebench 11.5, Geekbench, Novabench and Nuclearus. Games Benchmarks are Crysis, Hawk 2, Lost Planet 2 and Resident Evil 5."

"We are benchmarking the AMD A6 3650 processor against the AMD A8 3850 processor. The AMD A6 3650 is clocked at 2600Mhz and the AMD A8 3850 is clocked at 2900Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the AMD A6 3650 and AMD A8 3850 which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2007, Windows Media Encoder, Dragon Age Origins and World of Warcraft. The AMD A6 3650 has a 11% lower clock speed than the AMD A8 3850. The AMD A6 3650 and AMD A6 3850 have four cores making them Quad Core."

"We are benchmarking the AMD A6 3650 processor against the AMD Athlon II X3 455 processor. The AMD A6 3650 is clocked at 2600Mhz and the AMD Athlon II X3 455 is clocked at 3300Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the AMD A6 3650 and AMD Athlon II X3 455 which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2007, Windows Media Encoder, Dragon Age Origins and World of Warcraft. The AMD A6 3650 has a 22% lower clock speed than the AMD Athlon II X3 455. The AMD A6 3650 has 4 Cores compared to the 3 found on the AMD Athlon II X3 455. Let battle begin between the AMD A6 3650 and AMD Athlon II X3 455 Processors."

"We are benchmarking the AMD A8 3850 processor against the AMD Athlon II X3 455 processor. The AMD A8 3850 is clocked at 2900Mhz and the AMD Athlon II X3 455 is clocked at 3300Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the AMD A8 3850 and AMD Athlon II X3 455 which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2007, Windows Media Encoder, Dragon Age Origins and World of Warcraft. The AMD A8 3850 has a 13% lower clock speed than the AMD Athlon II X3 455. The AMD A8 3850 also has 4 Cores compared to the 3 found on the AMD Athlon II X3 455. Let battle begin between the AMD A8 3850 and AMD Athlon II X3 455."

"We are testing the Intel Core i5 2500 processor against the AMD FX 8150 processor. The Intel Core i5 2500 is clocked at 3300Mhz and the AMD FX 8150 is clocked at 3600Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Intel Core i5 2500 and AMD FX 8150 which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2012, Windows Media Encoder, Dragon Age Origins and World of Warcraft. The Intel Core i5 2500 has 9% lower clock speed than the AMD FX 8150 and the Intel Core i5 2500 has 25% less L3 Cache than the AMD FX 8150. The Intel Core i5 2500 also has Intel Turbo Boost Technology for an extra advantage to make up for the 9% lower clock speed."

"We are testing the AMD FX 8150 Bulldozer processor against the AMD Phenom II X6 1100T processor. The AMD FX 8150 Bulldozer is clocked at 3600Mhz and the AMD Phenom II X6 1100T is clocked at 3300Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the AMD FX 8150 Bulldozer and AMD Phenom II X6 1100T which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2007, Windows Media Encoder, Dragon Age Origins and World of Warcraft. The AMD FX 8150 Bulldozer has a 9% clock speed advantage over the AMD Phenom II X6 1100T and the AMD FX 8150 Bulldozer has 25% more L3 Cache. The AMD FX 8150 Bulldozer also has 8 Cores compared to the 6 found on the AMD Phenom II X6 1100T. It's going to be a good fight between the AMD FX 8150 Bulldozer and AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Processor Review."

"We are testing the AMD Phenom II X6 1100T processor against the Intel Core i5 2500k processor. The AMD Phenom II X6 1100T is clocked at 3300Mhz and the Intel Core i5 2500k is clocked at 3300Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the AMD Phenom II X6 1100T and Intel Core i5 2500k which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2007, Windows Media Encoder, Dragon Age Origins and World of Warcraft. The AMD Phenom II X6 1100T has the same 3300Mhz clock speed as the Intel Core i5 2500k and both have 6MB L3 Cache. The AMD Phenom II X6 1100T also has 6 Cores compared to the 4 found on the Intel Core i5 2500k. It's going to be an interesting fight between the AMD Phenom II X6 1100T and Intel Core i5 2500k."

"We are testing the Intel Core i5 2500K processor against the AMD Phenom II X4 970 processor. The Intel Core i5 2500K is clocked at 3300Mhz and the AMD Phenom II X4 970 is clocked at 3500Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Intel Core i5 2500K and AMD Phenom II X4 970 which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2007, Windows Media Encoder, Dragon Age Origins and World of Warcraft. The Intel Core i5 2500K has 6% lower clock speed than the AMD Phenom II X4 970 and both have 6MB L3 Cache. The Intel Core i5 2500K also has Intel Turbo Boost Technology for an extra advantage to make up for the 6% lower clock speed disadvantage."

"We are testing the Intel Core i3 2100 processor against the Intel Core i3 530 processor. The Intel Core i3 2100 is clocked at 3100Mhz and the Intel Core i3 530 is clocked at 2900Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Intel Core i3 2100 and Intel Core i3 530 which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2007, Windows Media Encoder, Dragon Age Origins and World of Warcraft. The Intel Core i3 2100 has 7% higher clock speed than the Intel Core i3 530 but the Intel Core i3 2100 has 3MB L3 Cache while the Intel Core i3 530 has 4MB L3 Cache. It's going to be an interesting fight between the the Intel Core i3 2100 and Intel Core i3 530 Processors."

"We are testing the Intel Core i3 530 processor against the AMD Athlon II X3 455 processor. The Intel Core i3 530 is clocked at 2900Mhz and the AMD Athlon II X3 455 is clocked at 3300Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Intel Core i3 530 and AMD Athlon II X3 455 which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2007, Windows Media Encoder, Dragon Age Origins and World of Warcraft. The Intel Core i3 530 has 13% lower clock speed than the AMD Athlon II X3 455 but the Intel Core i3 530 has 4MB L3 Cache while the AMD Athlon II X3 455 has none. The Intel Core i3 530 is 32nm using Clarkdale with Socket 1156. The AMD Athlon II X3 455 is 45nm using Rana with Socket AM3 so let's see the performance they offer."

"We are testing the Intel Core i3 2100 processor against the AMD Athlon II X3 455 processor. The Intel Core i3 2100 is clocked at 3100Mhz and the AMD Athlon II X3 455 is clocked at 3300Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Intel Core i3 2100 and AMD Athlon II X3 455 which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2007, Windows Media Encoder, Dragon Age Origins and World of Warcraft. The Intel Core i3 2100 has 7% lower clock speed than the AMD Athlon II X3 455 but the Intel Core i3 2100 has 3MB L3 Cache while the AMD Athlon II X3 455 has none. The Intel Core i3 2100 also has Hyper Threading Technology which makes up for being Dual Core."

"We are testing the AMD Phenom II X4 970 CPU against the AMD Phenom II X4 955 CPU. The AMD Phenom II X4 970 is clocked at 3500Mhz and the AMD Phenom II X4 955 is clocked at 3200Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the AMD Phenom II X4 970 and AMD Phenom II X4 955 which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2007, Windows Media Encoder, Fall Out 3 and Left for Dead 2. The AMD Phenom II X4 970 has 9% higher clock speed than the AMD Phenom II X4 955 but both have 6MB L3 Cache so the AMD Phenom II X4 970 should have the advantage."

"We are testing the Athlon II X3 455 CPU against the Athlon II X4 620 CPU. The Athlon II X3 455 is clocked at 3300Mhz and the Athlon II X4 620 is clocked at 2600Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Athlon II X3 455 and Athlon II X4 620 which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2007, Windows Media Encoder, Dragon Age Origins and World of Warcraft. The AMD Athlon II X3 455 might be Triple Core but the AMD Athlon II X4 620 is Quad Core which will help performance. However the AMD Athlon II X3 455 is clocked 22% faster than the AMD Athlon II X4 620 so it's doing to be an interesting review."

"We are testing the Athlon II X3 455 CPU against the Phenom II X2 560 CPU. The Athlon II X3 455 is clocked at 3300Mhz and the Phenom II X2 560 is also clocked at 3300Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Athlon II X3 455 and Phenom II X2 560 which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2007, Windows Media Encoder, Dragon Age Origins and World of Warcraft. The AMD Athlon II X3 455 might be Triple Core but the AMD Phenom II X2 560 has 6MB Level 3 Cache to help performance."

"We are testing the Athlon II X3 455 CPU against the Athlon II X2 265 CPU. The Athlon II X3 455 is clocked at 3300Mhz and the Athlon II X2 265 is also clocked at 3300Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Athlon II X3 455 and Athlon II X2 265 which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2007, Windows Media Encoder, Dawn of War 2 and Dragon Age Origins. This will be a straight 3 Core vs 2 Core Battle between the AMD Athlon II X3 455 and the AMD Athlon II X2 265 processor."

"We are testing the Athlon II X3 455 CPU against the Athlon II X4 645 CPU. The Athlon II X3 455 is clocked at 3300Mhz and the Athlon II X4 645 is clocked at 3100Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Athlon II X3 455 and Athlon II X4 645 which are:- Cinebench 10, Cinebench 11, Passmark, Geekbench, Novabench and Nuclearus. Games are Crysis, Hawk 2, Lost Planet 2 and Resident Evil."

"We are benchmarking the AMD Phenom II X2 560 CPU against the AMD Athlon II X4 645 CPU. The AMD Phenom II X2 560 is clocked at 3300Mhz and the AMD Athlon II X4 645 is clocked at 3100Mhz. An advantage for the AMD Phenom II X2 560 is the 6MB Level 3 Cache and the AMD Athlon II X4 645 has none. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the AMD Phenom II X2 560 and AMD Athlon II X4 645 which are:- Cinebench, Everest, Geekbench, Novabench and Nuclearus. Games are Hawk 2 and Lost Planet 2. It will be an interesting fight between the Dual Core AMD Phenom II X2 560 and the Quad Core AMD Athlon II X4 645."

"We are benchmarking the AMD Phenom II X2 560 CPU against the AMD Phenom II X4 955 CPU. The AMD Phenom II X2 560 is clocked at 3300Mhz and the AMD Phenom II X4 955 is clocked at 3200Mhz. An advantage for the AMD Phenom II X2 560 is the 6MB Level 3 Cache which is the same for the AMD Phenom II X4 955. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the AMD Phenom II X2 560 and AMD Phenom II X4 955 which are:- Cinebench, Everest, Geekbench, Novabench and Nuclearus. Games are Hawk 2 and Lost Planet 2. It will be an interesting fight between the Dual Core AMD Phenom II X2 560 and the Quad Core AMD Phenom II X4 955. It's going to be an interesting fight but the AMD Phenom II X4 955 has all of the aces."

"We are benchmarking the AMD Athlon II X3 435 processor against the AMD Athlon II X3 455 processor. The AMD Athlon II X3 435 is clocked at 2900Mhz and the AMD Athlon II X3 455 is clocked at 3300Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the AMD Athlon II X3 435 and AMD Athlon II X3 455 which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2007, Windows Media Encoder, Dragon Age Origins and World of Warcraft."

"We are benchmarking the Intel Core i3 2120 CPU against the AMD Phenom II X4 955 CPU. The Intel Core i3 2120 is clocked at 3300Mhz while the AMD Phenom II X4 955 is clocked at 3200Mhz. A big disadvantage for the Intel Core i3 2120 is the 3MB Level 3 Cache while the AMD Phenom II X4 955 has 6MB Level 3 Cache. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Intel Core i3 2120 and AMD Phenom II X4 955 which are:- Cinebench, Geekbench, Novabench and Nuclearus. Games are Hawk 2 and Lost Planet 2. The AMD Phenom II X4 955 is Quad Core so it's going to be as interesting fight for the Intel Core i3 2120 which is only Dual Core."

"We are benchmarking the Intel Core i3 2120 CPU against the AMD Phenom II X2 560 CPU. The Intel Core i3 2120 is clocked at 3300Mhz while the AMD Phenom II X2 560 is clocked at 3300Mhz. The Intel Core i3 2120 supports MMX+, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4, EM64T, VT-X AND AVX. A big disadvantage for the Intel Core i3 2120 is the 3MB Level 3 Cache while the AMD Phenom II X2 560 has 6MB Level 3 Cache. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Intel Core i3 2120 and AMD Phenom II X2 560 which are:- Cinebench, Geekbench, Novabench and Nuclearus. Games are Hawk 2 and Lost Planet 2. The AMD Phenom II X2 560 is Dual Core so it's going to be as interesting fight for the Intel Core i3 2120 which is also Dual Core."

"We are testing the Intel Core i3 2120 CPU against the AMD Athlon II X4 645 CPU. The Intel Core i3 2120 is clocked at 3300Mhz while the AMD Athlon II X4 645 is clocked at 3100Mhz which is 7% Slower. The Intel Core i3 2120 supports MMX+, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4, EM64T, VT-X AND AVX. A big advantage for the Intel Core i3 2120 is the 3MB Level 3 Cache while the AMD Athlon II X4 645 has none. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Intel Core i3 2120 and AMD Athlon II X4 645 which are:- Cinebench, Geekbench, Novabench and Nuclearus. Games are Hawk 2 and Lost Planet 2. The AMD Athlon II X4 645 is Quad Core so it's going to be a tough fight for the Intel Core i3 2120 because it is only Dual Core."

"We are testing the Athlon II X4 620 CPU against the Athlon II X4 645 CPU. The Athlon II X4 620 is clocked at 2600Mhz and the Athlon II X4 645 is clocked at 3100Mhz. The Athlon II X4 620 supports MMX+, 3DNow+, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, x86-64 and AMD-V. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Athlon II X4 620 and Athlon II X4 645 which are:- Cinebench, Everest, Geekbench, Novabench and Nuclearus. Games are Hawk 2 and Lost Planet 2."

"We are testing the Phenom II X4 955 CPU against the Athlon II X4 645 CPU. The Phenom II X4 955 is clocked at 3200Mhz and the the Athlon II X4 645 is clocked at 3100Mhz. The Phenom II X4 955 supports MMX+, 3DNow+, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, x86-64 and AMD-V. A big advantage for the Phenom II X4 955 is the 6MB Level 3 Cache while the Athlon II X4 645 has none. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Phenom II X4 955 and Athlon II X4 645 which are:- Cinebench, Everest, Geekbench, Novabench and Nuclearus. Games are Hawk 2 and Lost Planet 2."

"We are benchmarking the Phenom II X2 560 CPU against the Athlon II X2 265 CPU. The Phenom II X2 560 is clocked at 3300Mhz which is the same as the Athlon II X2 265. The Phenom II X2 560 supports MMX+, 3DNow+, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, x86-64 and AMD-V. A big advantage for the Phenom II X2 560 is the 6MB Level 3 Cache while the Athlon II X2 265 has none. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Phenom II X2 560 and Athlon II X2 265 which are:- Cinebench, Everest, Geekbench, Novabench and Nuclearus. Games are Hawk 2 and Lost Planet 2."

"We are testing the AMD Athlon II X4 645 against the AMD Athlon II X2 265, AMD Athlon II X2 255 and AMD Athlon II X2 240 Processors to find out if Quad Core really is better than Dual Core. The fight between the AMD Athlon II X4 and AMD Athlon II X2 is going to be brutal. All of the AMD Athlon II Processors supports MMX+, 3DNow+, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, x86-64 and AMD-V. We will be using some demading Benchmarks for testing the AMD Athlon II Processors which are:- Windows Experience, Cinebench, Computmark, Everest, Geekbench, Nuclearus and Performance Test. Games are Hawk 2, Lost Planet 2, Mafia 2, Metro 2033 and Resident Evil 5."

"We are testing the Athlon II X2 265 CPU against the Athlon II X2 255 CPU. The Athlon II X2 265 is clocked at 3300Mhz while the Athlon II X2 255 is clocked at 3100Mhz which is 7% slower. The Athlon II X2 265 supports MMX+, 3DNow+, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, x86-64 and AMD-V. We will be using some interesting Benchmarks for testing the Athlon II X2 265 and Athlon II X2 255 which are:- Windows Experience, Cinebench, Computmark, Everest, Geekbench, Nuclearus and Performance Test. Games are Hawk 2, Lost Planet 2, Mafia 2, Metro 2033 and Resident Evil 5."

"We are testing the Athlon II X2 255 CPU against the Athlon II X2 240 CPU. The Athlon II X2 255 is clocked at 3100Mhz while the Athlon II X2 240 is clocked at 2800Mhz which is 10% slower. The Athlon II X2 255 supports MMX+, 3DNow+, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, x86-64 and AMD-V. We will be using some interesting Benchmarks for testing the Athlon II X2 255 and Athlon II X2 240 which are:- Windows Experience, Cinebench, Computmark, Everest, Geekbench, Nuclearus and Performance Test. Games are Hawk 2, Lost Planet 2, Mafia 2, Metro 2033 and Resident Evil 5."

"We are testing the AMD Athlon II X4 645 CPU against the AMD Athlon II X2 240 CPU to find out if raw speed is a match for cheapness? The AMD Athlon II X4 645 is clocked at 3100Mhz while the AMD Athlon II X2 240 is clocked at 2800Mhz which is 10% slower. Another advantage the AMD Athlon II X4 645 has is it's Quadcore while the AMD Athlon II X2 240 is only using Dualcore. The AMD Athlon II X4 645 type Propus is a Socket AM3 Processor operating at 3100Mhz, has a Front Side Bus speed of 400Mhz and 4x512K L2 Cache. The AMD Athlon II X4 645 supports MMX+, 3DNow+, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, x86-64 and AMD-V. It's going to be an interesting fight between the two Processors being benchmarked with Games and Synthetic Benchmarks."

"AMD Phenom II X4 955 review also featuring the AMD Phenom II X4 920. The AMD Phenom II X4 955 type Deneb is a Socket AM2+ Processor operating at 3200Mhz while the AMD Phenom II X4 920 is also type Deneb but operating at 2800Mhz which means the AMD Phenom II X4 955 should be 13% faster than the AMD Phenom II X4 920. Will the benchmarks show a clear advantage for the AMD Phenom II X4 955."

"AMD Phenom II X4 920 review also featuring the AMD Athlon II X2 240. The AMD Phenom II X4 920 type Deneb is a Socket AM2+ Processor operating at 2800Mhz while the AMD Athlon II X2 240 type Regor is a Socket AM2+ Processor also operating at 2800Mhz. It's going to be an interesting fight between AMD Phenom II and AMD Athlon II."

"AMD Athlon II X2 240 is a powerful 2.8Ghz Regor Socket AM2+ Processor which is compared to the Socket 939 2.4Ghz AMD Athlon64 X2 4800 Processor. AMD Athlon II X2 240 is a powerful 2.8Ghz Regor Socket AM2+ Processor so the Socket 939 AMD Athlon64 X2 4800 has it's work cut out."

"We will be featuring the fastest and slowest versions of the Socket 939 Dual Core and Single Core Processors tested using Synthetic Benchmarks like 3Dmark and Real Games Software. For the Dual Core Processors we feature the AMD Athlon64 X2 4800 and AMD Athlon64 X2 3800. For Single Core Processors we feature the AMD Athlon64 4000 and AMD Athlon64 3000."

"The AMD Athlon64 X2 4800 was the fastest Socket 939 CPU AMD released featuring 2.4Ghz of Processing Power, 2 x 1MB of L2 Cache and advanced Dual Core Technology. This is a review of the AMD Athlon64 X2 4800 Toledo Processor compared to the AMD Athlon64 4000 San Diego. How much better is Dual Core Technology compared to Single Core? We will be testing both the AMD Athlon64 X2 4800 and AMD Athlon64 4000 using real games and synthetic benchmarks to test the CPUS fully."

"This is a review of the earlier AMD Athlon64 4000 San Diego processor compared to the newer AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 Manchester. How much better is Dual Core Technology compared to 2.4Ghz found on the AMD Athlon64 4000? We will be testing both the AMD Athlon64 4000 and AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 using real games and benchmarks to test all aspects of cpu use."

"AMD Athlon64 3000 and X2 4200 game performance with a Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. We are going to find out if the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 requires a powerful processor like the Athlon64 X2 4200 or if the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 will run well with even a 1.8 Ghz Athlon64 3000."

"AMD Athlon XP 3200, AMD Athlon XP 2500 and AMD Sempron 2200 gaming performance. Benchmarks include Supreme Commander, World in Conflict, Quake 4, Prey, Doom 3 and Gun Metal 2."

"AMD processor chart contains useful information about the current AMD range of processors such as the Phenom x4, Phenom x3, Athlon64 FX, Athlon64 X2, Athlon64, Athlon XP and Sempron. The information which can be found in this chart contains the processor title and pr rating, amount of level 2 cache, front side bus speed, cpu mhz speed and the socket type (IE Socket 940, Socket 939, Socket 754 or Socket A)."

"AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 Manchester processor compared to AMD Athlon64 3500 Venice. Both processors operate at 2.2Ghz and have 512K Level 2 Cache so the results will show the benefits of Dual Core Technology. Benchmark software used includes 3dmark 2005, 3dmark 2006, PC Mark 2005, Nuclearus Multi Core, Lost Planet, X3 Reunion, Doom 3, Quake4 and FarCry etc."

"Today we are reviewing the powerful AMD Athlon64 3500 Venice processor for Socket 939 which runs at 2.2Ghz, other processors featured include the Athlon64 3400 Newcastle 2.4Ghz Socket 754, Athlon64 3000 Venice 1.8Ghz Socket 939 and the Sempron 3400 Palermo 2.0Ghz Socket 754 processors. Benchmark software used was 3Dmark 2005, CPUBench 2003, Metabench, Realstorm 2004, Sciencemark 2, SuperPI, SiSoftware Sandra 2007 and Games Benchmarks."

"The AMD Sempron 3400 Palermo is currently the most powerful Sempron processor available for Socket 754. The AMD Sempron 3400 has all of the main features expected with modern processors such as MMX, 3Dnow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 and x86-64 support. Unlike the Athlon64 3400 the Sempron 3400 and Athlon64 3000 also have support for SSE3, the only negative aspect of the Sempron 3400 is that it has a 256K Level 2 Cache unlike the Athlon64."

"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 it uses dual channel memory for improved performance."

"Today we are looking at the AMD Sempron 2600 which is a budget cpu 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 the Sempron 3100's 1.8Ghz."

"In this review we are testing the AMD Athlon64 3400, this is a very powerful 2.4Ghz Socket 754 processor from AMD. There are two versions of the Athlon64 3400, the first is the older Clawhammer which has a clock speed of 2.2Ghz and a huge 1024K Level 2 cache. The version we are testing here is the later Newcastle version of the Athlon64 3400 which has a clock speed of 2.4Ghz (200Mhz higher than the older Clawhammer) and a 512K Level 2 Cache."

"Athlon XP 3200 is a powerful processor offering MMX, 3Dnow, SSE support and operates at 2200 Mhz. The Athlon XP 2500 is the cheaper mainstream version of the Athlon XP Barton running 364 Mhz slower than the Athlon XP 3200 and using a 166 Mhz FSB unlike the 200 Mhz FSB of the Athlon XP 3200. We have included the Sempron 2200 to show the power of the Athlon XP range, the Sempron 2200 is 700 Mhz slower than the Athlon XP 3200 and 336 Mhz slower than the Sempron 2200."

"AMD Sempron 2200 review featuring the AMD Sempron 3100, AMD Athlon XP 3200 and AMD Athlon XP 2500. The following software was used during testing, Half Life 2, Doom3, Far Cry, Tribes Vengeance, Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War, Xpand Rally, Unreal Tournament 2004, Quake III Arena, 3dmark 2001-2005, SiSoftware Sandra 2005, Cpu Bench 2003, Metabench, Kribi Bench, Realstorm 2004 and Science Mark 2."

"AMD Sempron 3100 review featuring the AMD Athlon XP 3200 and AMD Athlon XP 2500. The following software was used during testing, Half Life 2, Doom3, Far Cry, Tribes Vengeance, Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War, Xpand Rally, Unreal Tournament 2004, Quake III Arena, 3dmark 2001, 3dmark 2003 SE, 3dmark 2005, SiSoftware Sandra 2005, Cpu Bench 2003, Metabench, Kribi Bench, Realstorm 2004 and Science Mark 2."

"AMD Sempron 2800 review featuring 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 Afrika Korps, Far Cry, Painkiller, Unreal 2 and X2."

"Doom 3 CPU performance testing using the AMD Athlon XP 3200 clocked at 2.2Ghz, 1.8Ghz and 1.4Ghz. We tested at two different resolutions of 640x480 and 1024x768 with/without the advanced options enabled."

"AMD Athlon XP 2500 Mobile review testing the mobile version of the AMD Athlon XP 2500, with all of the recent attention in the processor market directed towards the new Athlon64 processors. We will show you what performance the Athlon XP 2500 Mobile can deliver at stock and overclocked to 2.4Ghz."

"AMD Athlon XP 3000 review featuring the Athlon XP 2500 as requested by a reader. Software used for benchmarking was:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Sis Sandra 2004, Aida32, Serious Sam the Second Encounter, Unreal Tournament 2003 and 2004."

"AMD Athlon XP 2500 review featuring the Athlon XP 1700 as requested by a reader. Software used for testing was:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Sis Sandra 2002, Quake III Arena and Unreal Tournament 2003."

"AMD Athlon XP Processor Chart for the whole of the AMD Athlon XP processor range and gives information on the clock speed, multiplier and type of processor etc."

"AMD Athlon XP 2000 tested against the Athlon XP 1700 as requested by a reader. Software used for benchmarking was 3dmark 2001 SE and the video card used was the Gainward GeForce4 MX 440."

"AMD Athlon XP 1700 tested against the Athlon XP 2000 as requested by a reader. Software used for benchmarking was 3dmark 2001 SE and the video card used was the Gainward GeForce4 MX 440."

"Wintune 1997 CPU and FPU Chart showing the the performance advantage the latest processors like the Athlon XP have over older processors like the 386. The program used is Wintune 97 by CMP Media INC and the tests used are the cpu and fpu benchmarks."

"AMD K62 550Mhz vs AMD Duron 750Mhz review showing the perfomance increase from upgrading from the old Amd K62 processor to the modern Amd Duron processors. Software used during testing was:- PC Player Direct3D, Quake 2, Quake 3 Arena and Wintune 1997."

"Socket7 Video Card Comparison featuring the powerful Amd K6 2 550Mhz Processor used with a range of wide different video cards. The video cards are the Diamond Stealth III S540 Savage4, STB Velocity 4400 Nvidia TNT, STB 3DFX Voodoo3 2000 and the Palit Daytona GeForce2 MX. The software we used for testing was:- PC Player Direct3D, Quake 2, Quake 3 Arena and Wintune 1997."

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