AMD Athlon XP 1500+ vs Intel Pentium 4 1.6

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon XP 1500+ and Intel Pentium 4 1.6 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon XP 1500+

Intel Pentium 4 1.6

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 1500+

CPU is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
16x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

Launch date	October 2001 vs July 2001
L1 cache	128 KB vs 8 KB

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 1.6

Around 20% higher clock speed: 1.6 GHz vs 1.33 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 130 nm vs 180 nm
Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 38 Watt vs 60 Watt

Maximum frequency	1.6 GHz vs 1.33 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 180 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt vs 60 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon XP 1500+
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 1.6

Name	AMD Athlon XP 1500+	Intel Pentium 4 1.6
PassMark - Single thread mark	251
PassMark - CPU mark	167

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon XP 1500+	Intel Pentium 4 1.6
Essentials
Architecture codename	Palomino	Northwood
Launch date	October 2001	July 2001
Place in performance rating	3271	not rated
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Performance
Die size	150 mm	131 mm2
L1 cache	128 KB	8 KB
L2 cache	256 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	1.33 GHz	1.6 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	63 million	55 million
64 bit support
Base frequency		1.60 GHz
Bus Speed		400 MHz FSB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		75 °C
Maximum core temperature		66°C
VID voltage range		1.475V
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	A	PPGA478
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	38 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR1, DDR2
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)