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Originally Posted by kram8806
...the Athlon XP was AMD's top of the line CPU. Although the Intel Celeron D in many respects was a giant leap for Intel for a budget CPU, I felt it was a powerhouse against the Sempron but less so against the Athlon XP.
kram
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Don't think I'd give the D a "powerhouse" advantage over the Socket A Sempron, kram. The equivalent rated Sempron runs benchmarks the same or slightly better than the D. The XP's were designed to compete with the P4's and ran a close second when the Hyperthreading gave the advantage to the P4.