AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 vs AMD Athlon XP 3200+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 and AMD Athlon XP 3200+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 130 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 77 Watt
  • Around 74% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 749 vs 430
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 674 vs 281
Specifications (specs)
Launch date October 2007 vs January 2001
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache 256 KB vs 128 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 77 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 749 vs 430
PassMark - CPU mark 674 vs 281

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 3200+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
749
430
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
674
281
Name AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 AMD Athlon XP 3200+
PassMark - Single thread mark 749 430
PassMark - CPU mark 674 281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.084
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 0.708

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 AMD Athlon XP 3200+

Essentials

Architecture codename Brisbane Barton
Launch date October 2007 January 2001
Place in performance rating 3130 3107
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 126 mm 101 mm
L1 cache 256 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 130 nm
Maximum frequency 2.3 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Transistor count 154 million 63 million

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM2 A
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 77 Watt