What does the 2800+ or 3700+ mean?

[krystiantoms]

When looking for new pc's on the web and in stores i keep seeing 2800+ or 3700+ usually with the AMD ones? but it doesn't say its mhz or ghz unless i put it into a pc.. so how can i tell by these numbers how powerful the cpu is? and what does those numbers mean cuz its not mhz?

 

[Jenox]

Those numbers just mark what series it is. 2xxx is typically Sempron CPUs, 3xxx generally is Athlon 64 and 64 X2 CPUs, 4xxx and 5xxx series processors are your mid-range and high-end 64 X2 CPUs.

 

[krystiantoms]

oh ok thanks man then why the plus?

 

[Jenox]

It's just a logo thing. makes it look better idk...

 

[borat_sagdiyev]

the ghz doesnt really matter anymore these days buddy.

its about the cache and the cores...

 

[Jenox]

Yeah true, but he's asking what "3800+" means. Like he wanted to know if 3800+ meant a 3.8GHz+ CPU. But it's just a series number is all.

 

[Rudster8161]

actually back in the day Intel was out doing AMD because Intel's CPUs had higher mhz\ghz so amd added that 4 digit number to represent the intel counterpart for ex:an athlon 64 3800+ is suppose to be equal to 3.8ghz in intel land....or thats wat it was supposed to mean now they really exagerate them by 1000-2000(not always) but it gives you a good idea what intel it compares to WITH OVERCLOCK w\o overclock its exagerated. if you get what i mean

 

[darksideleader]

though lets say a game needed 1.8ghz as the requirement, a 1800+ should be able to do the trick, not nicely but still can run it

 

[freestyler105]

Yeah, I thought the number is supposed to be the Intel Pentium 4 equivalent. So to answer your question, I think so.

There is a separate clock speed for Athlons that should be 2.0 GHz, etc.

 

[LambOfGod]

though lets say a game needed 1.8ghz as the requirement, a 1800+ should be able to do the trick, not nicely but still can run it

Yep thats a good way too look at it.