AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 vs AMD Athlon 1400

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 and AMD Athlon 1400 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 FX-72

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 100% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 90 nm vs 180 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 6.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1794 vs 266
Specifications (specs)
Launch date November 2006 vs June 2001
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 180 nm
L2 cache 1024 KB vs 256 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1794 vs 266

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 1400

  • Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 72 Watt vs 125 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 72 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 FX-72
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 1400

PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1794
266
Name AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 AMD Athlon 1400
PassMark - Single thread mark 0 0
PassMark - CPU mark 1794 266

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 AMD Athlon 1400

Essentials

Architecture codename Windsor Thunderbird C
Launch date November 2006 June 2001
Place in performance rating 3320 3356
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 235 mm 120 mm
L1 cache 128 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 256 KB
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 180 nm
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz 1.4 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Transistor count 227 million 37 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR1 DDR1

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported F A
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 72 Watt