AMD Athlon 64 2000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 2000+ and AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 2000+

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 90 nm
  • 11.1x lower typical power consumption: 8 Watt vs 89 Watt
Launch date June 2008 vs May 2006
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 8 Watt vs 89 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 100% higher clock speed: 2 GHz vs 1 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2 GHz vs 1 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB vs 512 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 2000+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+

Name AMD Athlon 64 2000+ AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+
PassMark - Single thread mark 130
PassMark - CPU mark 116
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 195
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 356
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.912
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.054
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 0.981

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 64 2000+ AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+

Essentials

Architecture codename Lima Windsor
Launch date June 2008 May 2006
Place in performance rating 3309 3312
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 77 mm 220 mm
L1 cache 128 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 1 GHz 2 GHz
Number of cores 1 2
Transistor count 122 million 154 million

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM2 AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 8 Watt 89 Watt