AMD Athlon 1400 vs Intel Pentium III 933

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 1400 and Intel Pentium III 933 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon 1400

Intel Pentium III 933

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 1400

Around 51% higher clock speed: 1.4 GHz vs 0.93 GHz
16x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 266 vs 218

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	1.4 GHz vs 0.93 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB vs 8 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	266 vs 218

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium III 933

2.7x lower typical power consumption: 27.3 Watt vs 72 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27.3 Watt vs 72 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 1400
CPU 2: Intel Pentium III 933

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

266

218

Name	AMD Athlon 1400	Intel Pentium III 933
PassMark - Single thread mark	0	0
PassMark - CPU mark	266	218

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 1400	Intel Pentium III 933
Essentials
Architecture codename	Thunderbird C	Coppermine T
Launch date	June 2001	n/d
Place in performance rating	3366	3367
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Performance
Die size	120 mm	80 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	8 KB
L2 cache	256 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	180 nm
Maximum frequency	1.4 GHz	0.93 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	37 million	44 million
64 bit support
Base frequency		933 MHz
Bus Speed		133 MHz FSB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		69 °C
Maximum core temperature		77°C
VID voltage range		1.75V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR1
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	A	PPGA370, SECC2, SECC2495
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt	27.3 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)