AMD Athlon II X3 440 vs AMD Athlon XP 2800+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 440 and AMD Athlon XP 2800+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon II X3 440

AMD Athlon XP 2800+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 440

CPU is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 1
Around 44% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.08 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 nm
3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.9x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1193 vs 408
6.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1719 vs 260

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	January 2010 vs January 2001
Number of cores	3 vs 1
Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.08 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1193 vs 408
PassMark - CPU mark	1719 vs 260

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 2800+

Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 68 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	68 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 440
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 2800+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1193

408

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1719

260

Name	AMD Athlon II X3 440	AMD Athlon XP 2800+
PassMark - Single thread mark	1193	408
PassMark - CPU mark	1719	260
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	364
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6.176
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.124
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	0.276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2.984

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X3 440	AMD Athlon XP 2800+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Rana	Barton
Launch date	January 2010	January 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$47
Place in performance rating	3083	3145
Price now	$26.99
Value for money (0-100)	28.04
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	169 mm	101 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	512 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	3 GHz	2.08 GHz
Number of cores	3	1
Transistor count	300 million	63 million
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	68 Watt