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).

AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400

AMD Athlon XP 3200+

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	3106
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