AMD Athlon XP 1700+ vs AMD Athlon XP 2100+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon XP 1700+ and AMD Athlon XP 2100+ 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 1700+

AMD Athlon XP 2100+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 1700+

Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 62 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 62 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 2100+

Around 18% higher clock speed: 1.73 GHz vs 1.47 GHz
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 327 vs 272
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 210 vs 176

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	1.73 GHz vs 1.47 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	327 vs 272
PassMark - CPU mark	210 vs 176

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon XP 1700+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 2100+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

272

327

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

176

210

Name	AMD Athlon XP 1700+	AMD Athlon XP 2100+
PassMark - Single thread mark	272	327
PassMark - CPU mark	176	210

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon XP 1700+	AMD Athlon XP 2100+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Thoroughbred	Thoroughbred
Launch date	January 2001	January 2001
Place in performance rating	3257	3224
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	1.47 GHz	1.73 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)	50 Watt	62 Watt