AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 vs AMD Athlon 1400

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 and AMD Athlon 1400 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 FX-53

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 71% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 130 nm vs 180 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 646 vs 266
Specifications (specs)
Launch date June 2004 vs June 2001
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm vs 180 nm
L2 cache 1024 KB vs 256 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 646 vs 266

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 1400

  • Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 72 Watt vs 89 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 72 Watt vs 89 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 FX-53
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 1400

PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
646
266
Name AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 AMD Athlon 1400
PassMark - Single thread mark 0 0
PassMark - CPU mark 646 266

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 AMD Athlon 1400

Essentials

Architecture codename Clawhammer Thunderbird C
Launch date June 2004 June 2001
Launch price (MSRP) $30
Place in performance rating 3329 3356
Price now $29.99
Value for money (0-100) 6.36
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 193 mm 120 mm
L1 cache 128 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 256 KB
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm 180 nm
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz 1.4 GHz
Number of cores 1 1
Transistor count 105 million 37 million

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported 939 A
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 89 Watt 72 Watt

Memory

Supported memory types DDR1