AMD Athlon64 3800+ Socket 939 64-bit CPU Review

The Socket 939 AMD Athlon64 3800+ that we’ve looked at today is clocked at a fast 2.4 GHz and built on AMD’s trusty 0.13 micron manufacturing process. Compared to the older Socket 754 Athlon64 3200+ with its single channel memory controller, the Athlon64 3800+ only has half the L2 cache. However, AMD has now upgraded the memory controller with dual-channel DDR capabilities. By doing this, AMD not only increased performance, but saved manufacturing space and money as the actual silicon itself is now much smaller than before; 144mm2 vs. 193mm2.

Because the AMD Athlon 64 engine is more efficient, cutting the L2 cache in half does not have too much of an adverse affect on overall performance. You saw the benchmarks; the Athlon64 3800+ easily scored higher than the 3200+ in every test and it’s not all due to the 400 MHz speed increase. AMD has done an excellent job with the Athlon64 3800+.

AMD Athlon64 3800+ Socket 939 64-bit CPU Review
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