AMD Athlon 1200 vs AMD Athlon 650

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 1200 and AMD Athlon 650 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility.

AMD Athlon 1200

AMD Athlon 1200

vs

AMD Athlon 650

AMD Athlon 650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 1200

CPU is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 85% higher clock speed: 1.2 GHz vs 0.65 GHz

Launch date	October 2000 vs June 2000
Maximum frequency	1.2 GHz vs 0.65 GHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 650

Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 38 Watt vs 66 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt vs 66 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 1200	AMD Athlon 650
Essentials
Architecture codename	Thunderbird C	Thunderbird
Launch date	October 2000	June 2000
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
Die size	120 mm	120 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	180 nm
Maximum frequency	1.2 GHz	0.65 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	37 million	37 million
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR1	DDR1
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	A	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt	38 Watt