AMD Athlon XP 1500+ vs Intel Pentium 4 1.9

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon XP 1500+ and Intel Pentium 4 1.9 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.

AMD Athlon XP 1500+

Intel Pentium 4 1.9

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 1500+

CPU is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
16x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 69.2 Watt

Launch date	October 2001 vs August 2001
L1 cache	128 KB vs 8 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 69.2 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 1.9

Around 43% higher clock speed: 1.9 GHz vs 1.33 GHz

Maximum frequency	1.9 GHz vs 1.33 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon XP 1500+
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 1.9

Name	AMD Athlon XP 1500+	Intel Pentium 4 1.9
PassMark - Single thread mark	251
PassMark - CPU mark	167

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon XP 1500+	Intel Pentium 4 1.9
Essentials
Architecture codename	Palomino	Willamette
Launch date	October 2001	August 2001
Place in performance rating	3271	not rated
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Performance
Die size	150 mm	217 mm2
L1 cache	128 KB	8 KB
L2 cache	256 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	180 nm
Maximum frequency	1.33 GHz	1.9 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	63 million	42 million
64 bit support
Base frequency		1.90 GHz
Bus Speed		400 MHz FSB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		73 °C
Maximum core temperature		73°C
VID voltage range		1.570V-1.75V
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	A	PPGA478, PPGA423
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	69.2 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)