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As you can see in the benchmarks, the Sempron beats the faster core speed Celeron in almost every test we threw at it other than the memory tests, as this is an area, which Intel's memory management technology pays off for them. In some games, the scores show a decent margin of performance differences, with the Sempron coming out on top, but in a few games, the scores were only marginally different, but still with the Sempron coming out in the lead. Overall, I think this is a budget chip that kicks some silicon booty and is worthy enough to run solid in your system. For the target market that AMD has aimed for, I think that they have succeeded in bringing to the table a CPU that functions adequately enough to not be a disappointment to most common users.
Test System AMD Sempron
- Motherboard: Aopen AK89
- CPU: AMD Sempron 3300+ (2.0GHz)
- Heatsink: Spire
- Hard Drive: Maxtor PATA133 40GB
- Memory: 2X256MB Crucial DDR3200 512MB
- VGA: ATI 9800 Pro 128MB
- DVD: Sony 16X
- Floppy: Teac
- Case: Colorcase Platinum w 300W PS
Test System Intel Celeron
- Motherboard: AOpen AX4SG Max II
- CPU: Intel Celeron 340 (2.9GHz)
- Heatsink: Intel Retail
- Hard Drive: Maxtor PATA133 40GB
- Memory: 2X256MB Crucial DDR3200 512MB
- VGA: ATI 9800 Pro 128MB
- DVD: Sony 16X
- Floppy: Sony
- HSPC Test Station w Silverstone Zeus 680W PS
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