AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 vs Intel Pentium 4 1.80

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 and Intel Pentium 4 1.80 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. 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

Intel Pentium 4 1.80

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 28% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 180 nm
32x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 49% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 66.7 Watt
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 749 vs 429
4.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 674 vs 160

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	October 2007 vs August 2001
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.3 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 180 nm
L1 cache	256 KB vs 8 KB
L2 cache	512 KB vs 256 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 66.7 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	749 vs 429
PassMark - CPU mark	674 vs 160

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 1.80

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

749

429

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

674

160

Name	AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400	Intel Pentium 4 1.80
PassMark - Single thread mark	749	429
PassMark - CPU mark	674	160
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	Intel Pentium 4 1.80
Essentials
Architecture codename	Brisbane	Willamette
Launch date	October 2007	August 2001
Place in performance rating	3130	3105
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	126 mm	217 mm2
L1 cache	256 KB	8 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	180 nm
Maximum frequency	2.3 GHz	1.8 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Transistor count	154 million	42 million
Base frequency		1.80 GHz
Bus Speed		400 MHz FSB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		78 °C
Maximum core temperature		78°C
VID voltage range		1.575V-1.75V
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM2	PPGA478, PPGA423
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	66.7 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		53.3mm x 53.3mm
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR1, DDR2
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)