AMD Athlon XP 1600+ vs AMD Athlon XP 1700+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon XP 1600+ and AMD Athlon XP 1700+ 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 1600+

AMD Athlon XP 1700+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 1600+

Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 50 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 1700+

Around 5% higher clock speed: 1.47 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 272 vs 265
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 176 vs 174

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	1.47 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	272 vs 265
PassMark - CPU mark	176 vs 174

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon XP 1600+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 1700+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

265

272

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

174

176

Name	AMD Athlon XP 1600+	AMD Athlon XP 1700+
PassMark - Single thread mark	265	272
PassMark - CPU mark	174	176

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon XP 1600+	AMD Athlon XP 1700+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Thoroughbred	Thoroughbred
Launch date	January 2001	January 2001
Place in performance rating	3275	3269
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
Die size	80 mm	80 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	1.4 GHz	1.47 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	37 million	37 million
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	A	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	50 Watt