[H]ardNews 12th Edition

Sempron Benchmarks:

The Tweakers.net staff have posted early Sempron benchmarks that confirm what most people know already…the budget CPU is an underachiever in the performance arena. The tests show a Sempron 3100+ coming in well below an Athlon64 2800+ in all but one benchmark. Here is a translated quote:

According to earlier bulletins the Semprons 17 will come augusts on the market. The Sempron are the family name of a range processors which the Duron must succeed as a budget line. The according to reports use Sempron 3100 + will provide clocked be on 1.800MHz (200MHz FSB x 9) and with 256KB L2-cache.