AMD Athlon XP 2000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3200+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon XP 2000+ and AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon XP 2000+

AMD Athlon 64 3200+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 2000+

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 89 Watt

Launch date	September 2003 vs January 2001
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 89 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 3200+

Around 32% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 1.67 GHz
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 577 vs 311
2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 491 vs 195

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz vs 1.67 GHz
L2 cache	512 KB vs 256 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	577 vs 311
PassMark - CPU mark	491 vs 195

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon XP 2000+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 3200+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

311

577

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

195

491

Name	AMD Athlon XP 2000+	AMD Athlon 64 3200+
PassMark - Single thread mark	311	577
PassMark - CPU mark	195	491
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		196
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		197
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		0.26

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon XP 2000+	AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Thorton	Clawhammer
Launch date	September 2003	January 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$25	$150
Place in performance rating	3231	3232
Price now	$24.99	$149.95
Value for money (0-100)	3.54	0.97
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
Die size	80 mm	193 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB	512 KB
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	1.67 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	63 million	105 million
64 bit support
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	A	754
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	89 Watt