AMD Athlon XP 1500+ vs AMD Athlon XP 1600+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon XP 1500+ and AMD Athlon XP 1600+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon XP 1500+

AMD Athlon XP 1600+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 1500+

CPU is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later

Launch date	October 2001 vs January 2001

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 1600+

Around 5% higher clock speed: 1.4 GHz vs 1.33 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 130 nm vs 180 nm
Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 60 Watt
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 265 vs 251
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 174 vs 167

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	1.4 GHz vs 1.33 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 180 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 60 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	265 vs 251
PassMark - CPU mark	174 vs 167

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon XP 1500+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 1600+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

251

265

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

167

174

Name	AMD Athlon XP 1500+	AMD Athlon XP 1600+
PassMark - Single thread mark	251	265
PassMark - CPU mark	167	174

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon XP 1500+	AMD Athlon XP 1600+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Palomino	Thoroughbred
Launch date	October 2001	January 2001
Place in performance rating	3282	3275
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
Die size	150 mm	80 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	1.33 GHz	1.4 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	63 million	37 million
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	A	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	49 Watt