AMD Athlon 64 2000+ vs Intel Pentium 4 HT 540

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 2000+ and Intel Pentium 4 HT 540 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 2000+

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 90 nm
  • 8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 10.5x lower typical power consumption: 8 Watt vs 84 Watt
Launch date June 2008 vs June 2004
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 128 KB vs 16 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 8 Watt vs 84 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 HT 540

  • Around 220% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 1 GHz
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 1 GHz
L2 cache 1024 KB vs 512 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 2000+
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 HT 540

Name AMD Athlon 64 2000+ Intel Pentium 4 HT 540
PassMark - Single thread mark 130
PassMark - CPU mark 116
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 151
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 217

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 64 2000+ Intel Pentium 4 HT 540

Essentials

Architecture codename Lima Prescott
Launch date June 2008 June 2004
Place in performance rating 3309 3305
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 77 mm 109 mm
L1 cache 128 KB 16 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 1 GHz 3.2 GHz
Number of cores 1 1
Transistor count 122 million 125 million

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM2 775
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 8 Watt 84 Watt

Memory

Supported memory types DDR1, DDR2, DDR3